ARGUS - Real-time global intelligence dashboard

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An event-centric OSINT monitoring dashboard focused on politics & conflict. ARGUS clusters 120+ tiered news feeds into live situations you can zoom into and drill down on - with an interactive conflict map, source-reliability scoring, and a calm overview that escalates only when something is actually happening. Self-hosted, no subscriptions, no editorial filter, no AI/token cost.

What it does

• Event-centric situations - news is auto-clustered into live situations (Strait of Hormuz, Ukraine front, Iran-Israel...) with severity, velocity (articles/hour) and source-tier corroboration (A/B/C). New flashpoints auto-emerge into their own dossier.
• Drill-down dossiers - click a situation for a timeline of the latest developments, ranked by source reliability, with direct source links. The map flies to its location.
• Interactive map (Leaflet) - situations as severity-coloured markers, plus toggleable layers: military ADS-B flights, satellites, GDELT conflicts, carrier groups, cameras, maritime chokepoints, HAZARD (USGS earthquakes + GDACS disasters), THERMAL (NASA FIRMS thermal anomalies).
• Global threat gauge - one number with a clickable breaking/active dropdown that links straight to sources.
• 120+ RSS feeds, 3-tier reliability - wire services -> regional specialists -> state media, each labelled (T1/T2/T3) so you know how much to trust it.
• Telegram OSINT, sanctions, humanitarian, satellite and arms panels.
• Persistent - survives restarts via an on-disk snapshot; self-refreshing.

Screenshots

Stack

Next.js 16 (App Router) - React 19 - Tailwind v4 - Leaflet (CartoDB dark) - in-memory store (no DB, on-disk snapshot for persistence). Runs on a Mac Mini via launchd, public via Cloudflare Tunnel. No external AI calls - zero token cost.

Run it

npm install
npm run build
npm start          # serves on :3003

Optional map layers read free keys from .env.local (gitignored):

FIRMS_MAP_KEY=...            # NASA FIRMS thermal layer (free MAP_KEY)

Without this key the FIRMS thermal layer simply stays empty; everything else works.

Data sources & attribution

NASA FIRMS, USGS, GDACS, GDELT, OpenSky, CelesTrak, CoinGecko, and 120+ public RSS feeds. Each source has its own usage/attribution terms - respect them when redeploying.

Support

ARGUS is free and self-funded. If it is useful to you: https://ko-fi.com/lb377260

Custom monitors

ARGUS is a template as much as a product: different feeds, different map layers, same engine. Want a custom monitoring site for your sector (shipping, energy, security)? Get in touch.

License

AGPL-3.0 - see LICENSE.

Free to use, study and modify. If you run a modified version as a public service, the AGPL requires you to publish your source. For a commercial or closed-source license, contact the author.

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Built by Leander Bloot (@LeanderLBB) - powered by a Mac Mini and stubbornness.