Hunt down social media accounts by username across 400+ social networks
Installation | Usage | Docker | Contributing
| Method | Command | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| pypi | pipx install sherlock-project |
pip may be used in place of pipx |
| brew | brew install sherlock |
Community supported |
| docker | docker pull sherlock/sherlock |
$ 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.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).
We would love to have you help us with the development of Sherlock. Each and every contribution is greatly valued!
Here are some things we would appreciate your help on:
Head over to our Contributing page for additional info.
MIT © Sherlock Project
Original Creator - Siddharth Dushantha