Investigate a person's online presence across social networks during a security assessment or digital forensics case.
Quickly check if a username is available or already taken across multiple platforms before creating new accounts.
Gather intelligence on accounts associated with a specific username for threat research or background checks.
| sherlock-project/sherlock | bregman-arie/devops-exercises | fighting41love/funnlp | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stars | 82,998 | 82,249 | 80,471 |
| Language | Python | Python | Python |
| Setup difficulty | easy | easy | easy |
| Complexity | 2/5 | 1/5 | 1/5 |
| Audience | developer | developer | researcher |
Figures from each repo's GitHub metadata at analysis time.
sherlock-project/sherlock is a command-line tool that searches for a given username across many social media networks at once. You give it a name and it checks whether an account with that name exists on each platform, reporting back which ones it found. Based on its description and topics, it is used in cybersecurity and digital forensics contexts, for example, to gather information about a person's online presence as part of an investigation or security assessment. It is written in Python and runs on Linux via a command-line interface. The README does not provide further detail about supported platforms, output format, or usage instructions.
Search for a username across hundreds of social media platforms at once to find where someone has accounts online.
Mainly Python. The stack also includes Python, CLI.
Use freely for any purpose including commercial, as long as you keep the copyright notice.
Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 5min to a first successful run.
Mainly developer.
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