sherlock
Hunt down social media accounts by username across social networks
INSTALLATION
$ pipx install sherlock-project$ docker run -it --rm sherlock/sherlock$ dnf install sherlock-project$ brew install sherlock$ sudo apt install sherlock
DESCRIPTION
A popular open-source OSINT tool written in Python used to hunt down social media accounts by username.
Scans hundreds of social networks, forums, and websites concurrently to find matching profiles with high accuracy.
Features support for various output formats (JSON, CSV), custom site lists, and asynchronous requests for fast lookups.
DETAILS
- Repository
- sherlock-project/sherlock (2026-11-09)
- Website
sherlockproject.xyz
- Author
- sherlock-project
- License
- MIT
- Category
- Security
- Language
- Python
- Platforms
- Linux, macOS, Windows
- Version
- v0.16.2 (2026-09-08)
- Repo Age
- 7 years old
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