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Sherlock

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👤 Social Media OSINT · Python

Sherlock hunts down social media accounts by username across 400+ social networks simultaneously. Given a username, it queries hundreds of websites to check if an account with that username exists. Results include the profile URLs for any matches found. Sherlock is one of the most popular OSINT tools for username enumeration and is widely used in investigations, background checks, and security assessments.

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Installation

pip

$ pip install sherlock-project

pipx

$ pipx install sherlock-project

docker

$ docker pull sherlock/sherlock

Use Cases

  • Username OSINT across 400+ platforms
  • Digital footprint analysis for investigations
  • Social engineering reconnaissance
  • Brand monitoring and impersonation detection

Tags

usernamesocial-mediaaccount-discoveryclicticybersecurityforensicshacktoberfestinformation-gatheringinfoseclinuxosintpentestingpythonpython3reconnaissanceredteamsherlocktools

Details

Category
👤 Social Media OSINT
Language
Python
License
MIT
Platforms
🐧linux🍎macos🪟windows

Links

GitHub Repository

github.com/sherlock-project/sherlock

Official Website

sherlockproject.xyz

Documentation

sherlock-project.github.io

Releases

github.com/sherlock-project/sherlock/releases

Issues

github.com/sherlock-project/sherlock/issues

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