Sherlock

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Command line tool that checks usernames across hundreds of social media platforms, outputs results as text, CSV, or JSON, is cross-platform and open source, lightweight, privacy-respecting, supports bulk searches, aids security audits, and digital investigations.

Cost / License

Free
Open Source (MIT)

Origin

LK flagSri Lanka

Platforms

Mac
Windows
Linux

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Sherlock

19 likes

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Features

Usernames
OSINT

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Simon-Sai added Sherlock as alternative to OSINTsearch
16 days ago
rbradley liked Sherlock
29 days ago
amir23 added Sherlock as alternative to Scrynx
about 1 month ago
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thefirstname-thelastna added Sherlock as alternative to Sherlock Search
about 2 months ago
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Paul added Sherlock as alternative to Tookie-OSINT
3 months ago
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hex added Sherlock as alternative to Behind the Email
3 months ago
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IA_Soul added Sherlock as alternative to CheckMate.bio
4 months ago
manduhcalderon liked Sherlock
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nazarzajya rated Sherlock
★★★★★
4 months ago
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Sherlock information

Developed by
LK flagSiddharth Dushantha
Licensing
Open Source (MIT) and Free product.
Written in
Python iconPython
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Supported Languages
- English

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Security & Privacy

GitHub repository

93,177 Stars
11,002 Forks
354 Open Issues
Updated Oct 3, 2026

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Sherlock was added to AlternativeTo by b3rs3rk3r on May 5, 2021 and this page was last updated Jan 7, 2026.

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What is Sherlock?

Sherlock, a powerful command line tool provided by Sherlock Project, can be used to find usernames across many social networks. It requires Python 3.6 or higher and works on MacOS, Linux and Windows.