# sherlock-project/sherlock

Hunt down social media accounts by username across social networks

Repository: https://github.com/sherlock-project/sherlock
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/sherlock
Homepage: https://sherlockproject.xyz
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: osint, reconnaissance, linux, cli, sherlock, python3, redteam, tools, information-gathering, hacktoberfest, python, cybersecurity, cti, forensics, infosec, pentesting
Last push: 2026-08-26T05:15:36+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 70/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 15, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2809, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 352, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: no_readme
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 90369, forks 10611 (observed 2026-08-28T04:12:23.278920+00:00)

## What it is
Sherlock is a Python CLI tool that hunts down social media accounts by username across 400+ social networks. It is widely used for OSINT reconnaissance, pentesting, and investigations.

## Use cases
- find social media accounts by username
- osint username search across social networks
- check if a username is taken on multiple sites
- reconnaissance for penetration testing
- investigate a person's online presence
- enumerate accounts for security assessments

## When to choose
- you need to check one username against hundreds of social networks quickly from the command line
- you are doing OSINT, red-team recon, or forensics and want a mature, actively maintained tool
- you want a tool installable via pip, brew, apt, dnf, pacman, or Docker

## When to avoid
- you need deep scraping of account contents rather than simple existence checks
- you require a GUI rather than a CLI
- your target sites are not among the supported 400+ networks or heavily block automated checks

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: osint, search-engine, cli, web-scraping
- domain: osint, security
- platform: windows, python, cli
- tags: username-enumeration, social-media, reconnaissance, pentesting, forensics, redteam, information-gathering, command-line, linux, macos, docker

## Member repositories
- sherlock-project/sherlock (main) score 70

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:23.278920+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T16:13:51.275241+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - homepage: https://sherlockproject.xyz (fetched 2026-08-28T17:36:25.277823+00:00, sha 3df406c30bb3)
  - site_page: https://sherlockproject.xyz/installation (fetched 2026-08-28T17:36:25.287122+00:00, sha e78868e89b0d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.