# Rosint: what it is, what it reads, and where it stops. Canonical: https://think-pol.com/blogs/rosint Published 2026-11-10 ยท Guide Rosint is a free page for viewing deleted Reddit posts and hidden profiles. What it reads, why it sometimes returns nothing, and what to use instead. Rosint (rosint.dev) is a free lookup page for a Reddit username: it lists posts and comments that were deleted, removed, or hidden behind a private profile. It holds no archive of its own. It queries two volunteer archives, Arctic Shift and PullPush, from your browser and merges the answers. That makes it a convenient first check and a weak last word: it shows only what those two archives captured, and it fails when they do. For a complete history, or when Rosint returns nothing, use an archive that collects for itself, such as [THINKPOL user lookup](/tools/reddit-user-lookup). Status. On our last check (12 November 2026 at 11:07 UTC), Rosint was responding (HTTP 200 in 0.2 s). We check every hour from a server in the EU: 100% of 51 hourly checks answered over the last 30 days. Full history on the [status page](/blogs/reddit-archive-tools-status). ## What is Rosint? Rosint, also written RedditOSINT, is a single-page tool at rosint.dev. You type a Reddit username and it lists that account's archived posts and comments, including the ones no longer visible on Reddit. Its own description: search any Reddit username to view deleted posts, removed comments, and private or suspended profiles, free, with no login. It is a front end, not an archive. The page says it uses open-source archives including Arctic Shift and PullPush, and its loading message says the same thing: it fetches from both at once and shows which one answered. It also runs a separate removal request page. ## How Rosint shows private and deleted profiles Reddit lets users hide the post and comment history on their profile. Hiding changes what the profile page displays. It does not unpublish the posts, which stay visible in the subreddits where they were made. Archives collect from those public feeds, so an account's public history can be listed even when its profile shows nothing. That is all "private profile" means here: public posts, gathered by author name. Deleted content works as it does on every archive-based tool. If the post or comment was captured while it was public, the archived copy still has the text. If it was removed before capture, there is nothing to show. The difference between deleted and removed is explained in [how to view deleted Reddit posts](/blogs/how-to-view-deleted-reddit-posts). ## Is Rosint down, or is it Arctic Shift? On our last check (12 November 2026 at 11:07 UTC), Rosint was responding (HTTP 200 in 0.2 s). On our last check (12 November 2026 at 11:07 UTC), the Arctic Shift API was responding (HTTP 200 in 1.8 s). The newest post it returned was 18 seconds old. On our last check (12 November 2026 at 11:07 UTC), the PullPush API was not responding (HTTP 526). A Rosint page that loads and then finds nothing usually means one of its sources is not answering. The site and the archives are separate things: Rosint can be up while the data behind it is not. We check all three every hour on the [status page](/blogs/reddit-archive-tools-status). ## Where Rosint stops, plainly - It inherits every gap of its sources. [Arctic Shift](/blogs/arctic-shift) does not include private or quarantined subreddits. [PullPush](/blogs/pullpush-alternative) coverage after 2023 is partial, and the ihsoyct project noted in October 2025 that PullPush data stopped at 20 May 2025. - It is built around a username. It is not a keyword search across Reddit. - An empty result proves nothing. Not captured, removed on request and never posted all look the same. - No one answers for it. It is a free community tool with no commitment on availability. ## When Rosint is the better pick - A quick, free look at one account, with no signup. - You want two archives queried in one go instead of opening each. - The result does not have to be complete, or defended later. ## What to use when Rosint returns nothing - [THINKPOL user lookup](/tools/reddit-user-lookup): free, no account, on an independent archive of 30 billion posts and comments since 2005 that keeps deleted and removed content. - [THINKPOL deleted post search](/tools/reddit-deleted-posts) for a user's deleted and removed comments. - [Arctic Shift](/blogs/arctic-shift) directly, to rule out a front-end problem. - [Reveddit](/blogs/reveddit-alternative) for content removed by moderators that is still in Reddit's live API. For casework the difference is not the interface. It is whether the archive collected for itself, how far back it goes, and whether someone answers for it. That is the gap between a free front end and a [supported archive](/reddit). ## How this page is made Rosint's description is quoted from its own page and metadata, read on 10 November 2026. The list of sources it queries comes from the page itself and from the requests it makes in the browser. The status lines are refreshed every hour by an automated check that requests the home page only. THINKPOL sells a commercial Reddit archive and offers its own free lookup tools, so read the comparison with that in mind. Corrections: [contact us](/contact). ## Rosint, answered. ### Is rosint.dev down? On our last check (12 November 2026 at 11:07 UTC), Rosint was responding (HTTP 200 in 0.2 s). Rosint reads Arctic Shift and PullPush, so it can load and still return nothing when those archives do not answer. All three are checked every hour on our Reddit archive tools status page. ### Where does Rosint get its data? From two volunteer-run Reddit archives, Arctic Shift and PullPush, which it queries from your browser. Rosint is a front end and holds no archive of its own, so it can only show what those two sources captured. ### Can Rosint see a private Reddit profile? It can list the public posts and comments of an account whose profile history is hidden. Hiding a profile changes what the profile page shows, not whether the posts were public in their subreddits, and archives collect from those public feeds. It cannot show anything posted in a private community. ### Is Rosint safe to use? It needs no login and asks for no Reddit credentials, which is the first thing to check with any tool of this kind. Like any third-party site, the page and the archives it calls can see the usernames you look up. Never give a Reddit password to a lookup or recovery tool. ### How do I remove my posts from Rosint? Rosint runs a removal request page at removal.rosint.dev. Because the data comes from Arctic Shift and PullPush, a complete removal also means asking each archive: Arctic Shift links a removal form from its GitHub README, and PullPush has its own removal page. ### What is a good Rosint alternative? For the same free lookup on an independent archive, THINKPOL user lookup covers 30 billion posts and comments since 2005 with deleted content retained. Ghostddit and ihsoyct read the same sources as Rosint, so they share its gaps. Reveddit covers moderator removals through Reddit's live API.