When working with BGP data, I kept running into the same friction: it’s easy to get raw data, but surprisingly hard to browse networks over time — especially by when they appeared, where they operate, and what they actually look like at a glance.

I built a small tool, bgpscout.io, to scratch that itch.

It lets you:

Browse ASNs by registration date and geography

See where a given network appears to have presence

View commonly scattered public data about an ASN in one place

Save searches to track when new networks matching certain criteria appear

All of this data is public already; the goal was to make exploration faster and less painful.

I haven’t invested heavily in expanding it yet. Before doing so, I’m curious:

Is this solving a real problem for you?

What would make something like this actually useful in day-to-day work?

Feedback is welcome.