> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://osintverse.gitbook.io/otinstaller/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://osintverse.gitbook.io/otinstaller/tools/sherlock.md). # Sherlock Hunt down social media accounts by username across social networks. ## Source * Repository: * License: MIT ## Install ```bash otinstaller install sherlock ``` otinstaller installs the pip package `sherlock-project` pinned to version `0.16.2` in a dedicated virtualenv. ## Credentials No API keys needed. ## Input types | Input | Typed input | Tool arguments | | -------------- | --------------- | -------------------------- | | username (`u`) | `u:exampleuser` | `exampleuser` (positional) | ## Example output Illustrative output showing the general shape of a run. Real output depends on the tool version and the target. ``` example output for sherlock: ------------------------------------------------------------ [+] Checking username: exampleuser on 500+ social networks [+] Found 42 accounts Twitter: https://twitter.com/exampleuser GitHub: https://github.com/exampleuser LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/exampleuser Instagram: https://instagram.com/exampleuser Reddit: https://reddit.com/user/exampleuser YouTube: https://youtube.com/@exampleuser TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@exampleuser Medium: https://medium.com/@exampleuser Dev.to: https://dev.to/exampleuser StackOverflow: https://stackoverflow.com/users/12345/exampleuser Product Hunt: https://producthunt.com/@exampleuser Hacker News: https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=exampleuser Telegram: https://t.me/exampleuser Discord: https://discord.com/users/exampleuser Pinterest: https://pinterest.com/exampleuser Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/exampleuser Flickr: https://flickr.com/people/exampleuser Dribbble: https://dribbble.com/exampleuser Behance: https://behance.net/exampleuser CodePen: https://codepen.io/exampleuser Replit: https://replit.com/@exampleuser Glitch: https://glitch.com/@exampleuser CodeSandbox: https://codesandbox.io/u/exampleuser GitLab: https://gitlab.com/exampleuser Bitbucket: https://bitbucket.org/exampleuser Keybase: https://keybase.io/exampleuser Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@exampleuser Diaspora: https://diaspora.example.com/u/exampleuser Friendica: https://friendica.example.com/profile/exampleuser GNU Social: https://gnusocial.example.com/exampleuser Hubzilla: https://hubzilla.example.com/channel/exampleuser Peertube: https://peertube.example.com/@exampleuser Pixelfed: https://pixelfed.social/exampleuser Lemmy: https://lemmy.ml/u/exampleuser Kbin: https://kbin.social/u/exampleuser Tildes: https://tildes.net/~exampleuser Raddle: https://raddle.me/u/exampleuser SaidIt: https://saidit.net/user/exampleuser Ruqqus: https://ruqqus.com/user/exampleuser WikiMili: https://wikimili.com/u/exampleuser MyAnimeList: https://myanimelist.net/profile/exampleuser AniList: https://anilist.co/user/exampleuser Kitsu: https://kitsu.io/users/exampleuser Steam: https://steamcommunity.com/id/exampleuser Xbox: https://xboxgamertag.com/search/exampleuser PlayStation: https://psnprofiles.com/exampleuser Nintendo: https://miiverse.nintendo.net/users/exampleuser Twitch: https://twitch.tv/exampleuser Mixer: https://mixer.com/exampleuser DLive: https://dlive.tv/exampleuser Trovo: https://trovo.live/exampleuser Caffeine: https://caffeine.tv/exampleuser Trovo: https://trovo.live/exampleuser ------------------------------------------------------------ (Example truncated - real output contains 42 sites found) ``` ## Run Plain arguments after `--` are passed to the tool unchanged: ```bash otinstaller run sherlock -- exampleuser ``` Typed inputs are mapped to this tool's flags: ```bash otinstaller run sherlock u:exampleuser ``` Results are saved to `./results/sherlock//`. --- # Agent Instructions This documentation is published with GitBook. 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