Sherlock
Open source · OSINT
Sherlock checks whether a username is registered on more than 400 social networks and websites, can search several usernames at once, and saves results to text, CSV or XLSX, with proxy and timeout options. It installs with pipx, pip or uv, or runs in Docker.
Key facts
| Vendor | Sherlock Project (open source) |
|---|---|
| Licence | MIT |
| Repository since | 2018 |
| Does | Username search, Batch username checks, CSV and XLSX export |
| Reads | Usernames |
| Website | sherlockproject.xyz |
| Source | github.com/sherlock-project/sherlock |
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