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Sherlock

Sherlock is an open-source command-line tool from the Sherlock Project for checking whether usernames appear across more than 400 social networks. It accepts one or more usernames, sends checks to the configured sites, and can save found accounts and other results as text, CSV, XLSX, or JSON files. Options include limiting checks to selected sites, using a proxy, browsing found results, enabling NSFW sites, and loading site definitions from local or online JSON data. It is distributed under the MIT license and can be installed with pipx, pip, uv, Docker, or supported community-maintained packages.

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  • Open-source CLI tool that checks whether a username exists across hundreds of social networks and websites, saving results to text, CSV, or Excel; used by security researchers and OSINT investigators.

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