The open web intelligence directory
ABCDirectory indexes the technology stack, hosting infrastructure, and contact information of websites across the globe — starting with Africa.
Our mission
Most web intelligence platforms are built for and focused on Western markets. ABCDirectory was built to serve developers, agencies, and businesses everywhere — with particular depth in African and emerging markets that global competitors systematically underindex.
We believe anyone should be able to look up what technology a website uses, who hosts it, and how to reach its owner. That information is already public — we just make it searchable.
How it works
We discover
We query public datasets like Common Crawl and curated regional sources to build our initial site list.
We analyse
Our crawler visits each site and detects its CMS, plugins, hosting provider, SSL, social links, and contact details.
We index
Data is stored, deduplicated, and enriched with quality scores. Sites are re-crawled periodically to stay fresh.
You search
You search, filter, export, and integrate via API. Use it to find leads, audit competitors, or research markets.
Who uses ABCDirectory
Digital agencies
Find prospects running outdated CMS versions or cheap hosting — and pitch your services to them.
Hosting companies
Identify WordPress sites hosted on competitors and target them with migration offers.
Plugin developers
See which sites use your competitors' plugins and reach out with a switch offer.
Market researchers
Understand technology adoption trends across countries and industries with live data.
SEO professionals
Find sites in a niche for link building, competitor analysis, and content gap research.
Security researchers
Track which sites run vulnerable plugin or CMS versions across a region.
Data ethics
We only index publicly accessible information — the same data visible to any web browser. We respect robots.txt, honour removal requests, and never scrape content behind authentication. If you want your site removed from our index, use the contact form and we will act within 48 hours.