Sherlock Tool used To Hunt Social Media Accounts - JTECHCODE

Installation Of python3 & pip [ kali linux ]

  • apt-get upgrade
  • apt-get install python3
  • apt-get install python2
  • apt-get install python3-pip
  • apt-get install python-pip
  • apt-get install git

Installation Of python3 & pip [ Termux ]

  • pkg update
  • pkg install unstable-repo ( If it not found please update your termux to new version from playstore )
  • pkg install python2
  • pkg install python3
  • pkg install python3-pip
  • pkg install python-pip
  • pkg install git

Installation of SHERLOCK Tool

  • git clone https://github.com/sherlock-project/sherlock.git
  • python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt

General Purposes

  • python3 sherlock.py -h
$ python3 sherlock.py --help
usage: sherlock.py [-h] [--version] [--verbose] [--rank]
                   [--folderoutput FOLDEROUTPUT] [--output OUTPUT] [--tor]
                   [--unique-tor] [--csv] [--site SITE_NAME]
                   [--proxy PROXY_URL] [--json JSON_FILE]
                   [--proxy_list PROXY_LIST] [--check_proxies CHECK_PROXY]
                   [--timeout TIMEOUT] [--print-found]
                   USERNAMES [USERNAMES ...]

Sherlock: Find Usernames Across Social Networks (Version 0.10.3)

positional arguments:
  USERNAMES             One or more usernames to check with social networks.

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --version             Display version information and dependencies.
  --verbose, -v, -d, --debug
                        Display extra debugging information and metrics.
  --rank, -r            Present websites ordered by their Alexa.com global
                        rank in popularity.
  --folderoutput FOLDEROUTPUT, -fo FOLDEROUTPUT
                        If using multiple usernames, the output of the results
                        will be saved to this folder.
  --output OUTPUT, -o OUTPUT
                        If using single username, the output of the result
                        will be saved to this file.
  --tor, -t             Make requests over Tor; increases runtime; requires
                        Tor to be installed and in system path.
  --unique-tor, -u      Make requests over Tor with new Tor circuit after each
                        request; increases runtime; requires Tor to be
                        installed and in system path.
  --csv                 Create Comma-Separated Values (CSV) File.
  --site SITE_NAME      Limit analysis to just the listed sites. Add multiple
                        options to specify more than one site.
  --proxy PROXY_URL, -p PROXY_URL
                        Make requests over a proxy. e.g.
                        socks5://127.0.0.1:1080
  --json JSON_FILE, -j JSON_FILE
                        Load data from a JSON file or an online, valid, JSON
                        file.
  --proxy_list PROXY_LIST, -pl PROXY_LIST
                        Make requests over a proxy randomly chosen from a list
                        generated from a .csv file.
  --check_proxies CHECK_PROXY, -cp CHECK_PROXY
                        To be used with the '--proxy_list' parameter. The
                        script will check if the proxies supplied in the .csv
                        file are working and anonymous.Put 0 for no limit on
                        successfully checked proxies, or another number to
                        institute a limit.
  --timeout TIMEOUT     Time (in seconds) to wait for response to requests.
                        Default timeout of 60.0s.A longer timeout will be more
                        likely to get results from slow sites.On the other
                        hand, this may cause a long delay to gather all
                        results.
  --print-found         Do not output sites where the username was not found.

Run sherlock tool

  • python3 sherlock.py username
  • python3 sherlock.py username -r
  • python3 sherlock.py username -r --print_found
  • python3 sherlock.py username --site youtube
  • python3 sherlock.py username -t -o