Sherlock Alternatives

Sherlock is described as 'Command line tool for finding social usernames across hundreds of sites, outputting results in multiple formats, privacy-focused, open source and cross-platform' and is an app in the security & privacy category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Sherlock for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Self-Hosted, Linux, Mac and Windows apps. The best Sherlock alternative is SearXNG, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Sherlock are Searx, SpiderFoot, 4get and OSINT-tool.

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  1. SearXNG icon

    SearXNG

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    SearXNG is a free internet metasearch engine which aggregates results from various search services and databases. Users are neither tracked nor profiled.

    103 SearXNG alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Arch Linux
    • Fedora
    • Ubuntu
    • Debian
    • Docker
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
    • Cloudron
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    • SearXNG is the most popular Web-based, Linux & Self-Hosted alternative to Sherlock.

    • SearXNG is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Sherlock.

    • SearXNG is Free and Open SourceSherlock is also Free and Open Source
    • SearXNG is Privacy focused and LightweightSherlock is not according to our users
  2. Searx icon

    Searx

     293 likes

    Searx is a free internet metasearch engine which aggregates results from more than 70 search services. Users are neither tracked nor profiled. Additionally, searx can be used over Tor for online anonymity.

    99 Searx alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  4. SpiderFoot icon

    SpiderFoot

     22 likes

    SpiderFoot automates OSINT to find everything possible about your target. It integrates with just about every data source available and utilises a range of methods for data analysis, making that data easy to navigate.

    26 SpiderFoot alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  5. 4get icon

    4get

     22 likes

    This is a metasearch engine that gets results from other engines, and strips away all of the tracking parameters and Microsoft bullshit they add. Most of the other alternatives to Google jack themselves off about being ""privacy respecting"" or whatever the...

    64 4get alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Tor
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  6. OSINT-tool icon

    OSINT-tool

     12 likes

    OSINT tool is a browser extension and web application built for researchers, investigators, journalists and intelligence analysts. Our extension gives you access to a suite of OSINT utilities directly on any webpage you visit.

    25 OSINT-tool alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Google Chrome
    • Online
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    • OSINT-tool is the most popular commercial alternative to Sherlock.

    • OSINT-tool is Paid and ProprietarySherlock is Free and Open Source
  9. GHunt icon

    GHunt

     6 likes

    GHunt is a modulable OSINT tool designed to evolve over the years, and incorporates many techniques to investigate Google accounts, or objects.

    12 GHunt alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox
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    • GHunt is the most popular Windows & Mac alternative to Sherlock.

    • GHunt is Free and Open SourceSherlock is also Free and Open Source
  10. Maigret icon

    Maigret

     4 likes

    Maigret collects a dossier on a person by username only, checking for accounts on a huge number of sites and gathering all the available information from web pages. No API keys required. Maigret is an easy-to-use and powerful fork of Sherlock.

    13 Maigret alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Telegram
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  11. Araa icon

    Araa

     6 likes

    A privacy-respecting, ad-free, self-hosted Google metasearch engine with strong security that offers full API support and utilizes Qwant for images, and DuckDuckGo for auto-complete.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • NGINX
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  12. Epieos icon

    Epieos

     5 likes

    Founded by a cybersecurity and OSINT specialist with more than 10 years of experience, Epieos provides training, investigation and software services to organisations and individuals. We facilitate their efforts to collect and analyse open source information.

    14 Epieos alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  13. LibreX icon

    LibreX

     10 likes

    LibreX gives you results from Google, Qwant, Ahmia and popular torrent sites without spying on you.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  14. Osintly icon

    Osintly

     5 likes

    OSINT Investigation tool for advanced searches using Phone Numbers, Emails, and more. Secure, fast, and precise analysis for your Investigations.

    34 Osintly alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    Subscriptions
     
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