Command-line tool

sherlock

brew/sherlock

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

Hunt down social media accounts by username

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

pipx install sherlock_project

macOS

brew install sherlock
pipx install sherlock_project

Linux

brew install sherlock
pipx install sherlock_project

Search for a specific username on social networks saving the results to a file

sherlock username --output path/to/file

Search for specific usernames on social networks saving the results into a directory

sherlock username1 username2 ... --folderoutput path/to/directory

Search for a specific username on social networks using the Tor network

sherlock --tor username

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• Social media

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