Hunchly Review

What Hunchly Does

Hunchly is a Chrome extension. It auto-captures and archives web pages you visit during investigations. Creates a timestamped, hashed record of your research, evidentiary trail, no manual screenshots.

Captures happen automatically, before you know you need it. If a subject deletes a tweet, you have a copy. If they edit a forum post, you have it. If they take a site offline, you still have access.

Use Hunchly during investigations. It keeps your research trail intact, with no gaps when sites change or disappear.

Why This Matters

OSINT investigations often face an uphill battle with evidence quality. Screenshots can be fabricated. Browser bookmarks rarely capture the full page content. Manual saves are hit-or-miss and lack any reliable timestamp.

When your findings are headed for litigation, law enforcement action, or a major news story, documentation quality can't be compromised.

Hunchly changes the game by making automatic, tamper-evident capture the norm. Every page you land on is logged with a SHA-256 hash. The hash serves as proof that the content hasn't been altered since it was captured.

Core Features

Hunchly runs in the background. Every page you visit in Chrome gets captured, saved locally, and added to your case file. No more manual screenshots.

You create cases and add tags, notes, and flags as you go. Your case file builds organically.

You define watch terms — names, keywords, phrases. Hunchly flags pages that match, which is useful for tracking targets across sites.

Your case file can be exported as PDF or structured data, becoming a documented record suitable for reports, filings, or journalism.

All data stays on your machine. Hunchly doesn't store your investigations on their servers.

Pricing

Hunchly costs $129.99/year for a single license, for individual use only. There is no monthly option or team pricing. A 14-day free trial is available, with full access to test it out.

The Investigative Workflow

To use Hunchly, simply open the tool and start a new case. You then investigate as you normally would. Hunchly captures everything in the background. As you browse, tag the pages that matter in the Hunchly panel. You can also add notes to your captures. When you're done, export the case. Your case file will be documented and ready, with all necessary information captured.

Limitations

Hunchly's design makes it a less-than-ideal tool in certain situations. Hunchly is Chrome only, it does not work well with Firefox or other browsers. Hunchly can struggle with modern web apps, single-page applications with heavy JavaScript can be tricky to capture accurately. The tool is for solo operation, it does not offer team features or shared case files, each investigator needs their own license. Additionally, Hunchly users are dependent on Google, using Chrome means using a Google product that collects browsing data, a consideration for sensitive investigations.

Compared to Alternatives

Hunchly fills a unique gap. Manual screenshot and annotation can be done for free, but it relies on your judgment and can miss crucial pages; without extra metadata, it won't hold up in court. Public archiving through Archive.org or web.archive.org is out of your control, and pages aren't automatically captured as you investigate. The Wayback Machine paired with self-hosted ArchiveBox requires technical setup and doesn't naturally fit into your workflow. Maltego maps relationships, not evidence; it's a different job, often paired with Hunchly.

Verdict

Hunchly costs $129.99 a year, worth it. The browser extension automates web capture, saving hours. Manual workflows are error-prone; Hunchly doesn't miss. Hunchly only works in Chrome. If that's your browser, Hunchly's a no-brainer to buy.

See Also

• Best OSINT Tools (2026): The Complete Independent Guide
• Email OSINT: Find Anyone
• The Bellingcat Online Investigation Toolkit: What

Further Reading

• Hunchly official site
• Hunchly documentation