Satellites, earthquakes and world news on one dark map
Right-click almost anywhere on Earth and get a recent satellite photo of it. ShadowBroker puts that on a dark map with dozens of public feeds: satellites in orbit, earthquakes, volcanoes, conflict reports and breaking news. It runs on your own PC with no accounts, and two free keys fill the skies and seas with live planes and ships.
30 minIntermediateTools: FreeStep 1 free
Tested 7 Oct 2026 · ShadowBroker 0.9.84 from source, Python 3.13, Node 26, Windows 11, no API keysYour own copy of ShadowBroker running at localhost
Live satellites, USGS earthquakes, volcanoes, conflict events and a breaking-news feed on one map
A recent Sentinel-2 satellite photo and a quick country briefing for any spot you right-click
- Optional: thousands of live aircraft and ships, with two free keys from OpenSky and AIS Stream
Before you start
- Level 0 done: Git and Node.js installed
- Python 3.10 to 3.13 from python.org ↗ (3.11 or 3.12 is the safest choice)
- About 1.5GB of free disk space
- Two terminal windows. It sounds scary, it isn't
● What you'll have in 30 minutes
Preview
STEP 01 of 06~1 min
Download ShadowBroker
Get the code from the official repo.
- Terminal
git clone https://github.com/BigBodyCobain/Shadowbroker cd Shadowbroker It takes a few seconds. The official repo is
BigBodyCobain/Shadowbroker(over 11,000 stars, open source under the AGPL-3.0 licence, actively updated). Don't use copies from other accounts.TipThe README's easiest route is Docker. You don't need Docker for this mission: the steps below run it straight from the code.
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CheckpointYour terminal is inside the
Shadowbroker folder.Next mission · See everythingTurn a satellite's radio beeps into a real photo of Earth
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