Hunt down social media accounts by username across 400+ social networks
Installation • Usage • Contributing
| Command | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| PyPI | pipx install sherlock-project |
pip may be used in place of pipx |
| Docker | docker pull sherlock/sherlock |
|
| Debian family | apt install sherlock |
Kali, Parrot, Debian Testing and Sid |
| BlackArch | pacman -S sherlock |
|
| Homebrew | brew install sherlock |
See all alternative installation methods here
To search for only one user:
sherlock user123To search for more than one user:
sherlock user1 user2 user3Accounts found will be stored in an individual text file with the corresponding username (e.g user123.txt).
$ sherlock --help
usage: sherlock [-h] [--version] [--verbose] [--folderoutput FOLDEROUTPUT]
[--output OUTPUT] [--tor] [--unique-tor] [--csv] [--xlsx]
[--site SITE_NAME] [--proxy PROXY_URL] [--json JSON_FILE]
[--timeout TIMEOUT] [--print-all] [--print-found] [--no-color]
[--browse] [--local] [--nsfw]
USERNAMES [USERNAMES ...]
Sherlock: Find Usernames Across Social Networks (Version 0.14.3)
positional arguments:
USERNAMES One or more usernames to check with social networks.
Check similar usernames using {?} (replace to '_', '-', '.').
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--version Display version information and dependencies.
--verbose, -v, -d, --debug
Display extra debugging information and metrics.
--folderoutput FOLDEROUTPUT, -fo FOLDEROUTPUT
If using multiple usernames, the output of the results will be
saved to this folder.
--output OUTPUT, -o OUTPUT
If using single username, the output of the result will be saved
to this file.
--tor, -t Make requests over Tor; increases runtime; requires Tor to be
installed and in system path.
--unique-tor, -u Make requests over Tor with new Tor circuit after each request;
increases runtime; requires Tor to be installed and in system
path.
--csv Create Comma-Separated Values (CSV) File.
--xlsx Create the standard file for the modern Microsoft Excel
spreadsheet (xlsx).
--site SITE_NAME Limit analysis to just the listed sites. Add multiple options to
specify more than one site.
--proxy PROXY_URL, -p PROXY_URL
Make requests over a proxy. e.g. socks5://127.0.0.1:1080
--json JSON_FILE, -j JSON_FILE
Load data from a JSON file or an online, valid, JSON file.
--timeout TIMEOUT Time (in seconds) to wait for response to requests (Default: 60)
--print-all Output sites where the username was not found.
--print-found Output sites where the username was found.
--no-color Don't color terminal output
--browse, -b Browse to all results on default browser.
--local, -l Force the use of the local data.json file.
--nsfw Include checking of NSFW sites from default list.Thank you to everyone who has contributed to Sherlock! ❤️
MIT © Sherlock Project
Original Creator - Siddharth Dushantha
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