Sherlock finds social media accounts.
- Official Sherlock Github page: https://github.com/sherlock-project/sherlock
- Github page for Multi-threaded Sherlock (requires Golang): https://github.com/arkste/sherlock
- Official install guide: https://github.com/sherlock-project/sherlock#installation
How to Install Sherlock
Clone the official Sherlock repo<
git clone https://github.com/sherlock-project/sherlock.git
Change the working directory to Sherlock
cd sherlock
Install the requirements
python3 pip install -r requirements.txt
Run Sherlock python script (see further below for more examples):
python3 sherlock johndoe
Verified as a working install method on MacOS Big Sur.
If you have an error like "venom 431 requires asyncio==3.4.3, which is not installed", continue on. This most likely means you installed another program before Sherlock, which uses newer dependencies.
How to Install Sherlock as a Docker Container:
If docker is installed you can build an image and run this as a container.
docker build -t mysherlock-image .
Once the image is built, sherlock can be invoked by running the following:
docker run --rm -t mysherlock-image user123
How to Use Sherlock
python3 sherlock user123
python3 sherlock user123 --verbose
python3 sherlock user1 user2 user3