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TinEye

Operator: Idée Inc., Canada

Reverse image search: finds identical or modified copies of images and the web pages where they appear.

Image, Video & Geo

Open website

Product

Specialist image search engine with free web search and a separate paid API.

Availability and source date

Active

As of: 16 October 2026.

No functionality test has been performed.

Use in OSINT research

Finds pages containing an image and edited copies of it. Results can be compared and sorted by the earliest known indexing date.

Queries

InputResultResult type
Image + URLWeb pages containing identical or edited copies of the image.
Retrieved

Features

  • Run a reverse search using an image file or image URL.
  • Find copies that have been cropped, resized or had their colours changed.
  • Sort results by best match, size or indexing date.
  • Compare the original directly with the image found.
  • Filter results by website or image agency.
  • Search for images using a browser extension.

Categories

  • Image, Video & Geo
  • Reverse image search

Coverage

Dataset

Its own search index of images from the web. The index does not contain every image published online.

Access

Requirements

Free web search for non-commercial use. The paid API requires an account and a search package.

Export

The API returns search results as JSON.

Provider

Idée Inc.

Country of establishment

Canada

Interfaces

API

Available. Separate paid REST API for reverse image search in TinEye’s web index. Results in JSON format.

MCP

Not documented. Not described on the product and help pages reviewed.

AI agents

Not documented. Not described on the product and help pages reviewed.

Limitations

  • Finds copies of an image, but not other photographs of the same person or object.
  • No match means only that TinEye found no copy in its own index.
  • ‘Oldest’ refers to the earliest known indexing date, not the date the image was taken or first published.

Guides and practical reports

Sources

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