sherlock Command Examples

Find usernames across social networks. More information: https://github.com/sherlock-project/sherlock.

• 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}}

• Make requests over Tor with a new Tor circuit after each request:

sherlock --unique-tor {{username}}

• Search for a specific username on social networks using a proxy:

sherlock {{username}} --proxy {{proxy_url}}

• Search for a specific username on social networks and open results in the default web browser:

sherlock {{username}} --browse

• Display help:

sherlock --help