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, Linux, Mac, Windows and Self-Hosted apps. The best Sherlock alternative is SearXNG, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Sherlock are Blackbird OSINT, SpiderFoot, Intelligence X and OSINT-tool.

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  1. SearXNG icon
     157 likes

    Metasearch engine aggregating results from up to 251 services, offering strong privacy, no tracking, encrypted connections, Tor access, script and cookie flexibility, customizable engines, support for 58 languages, and user-selectable light or dark themes.

    107 SearXNG alternatives

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    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Arch Linux
    • Fedora
    • Ubuntu
    • Debian
    • Cloudron
    • Docker
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
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  2. Blackbird OSINT icon
     22 likes

    Combines username and email searches on over 600 platforms with AI-powered analysis, metadata extraction, WhatsMyName integration, customizable filters, PDF/CSV/HTTP exports, and a dedicated CLI for streamlined OSINT, social media research, compliance, and data collection.

    21 Blackbird OSINT alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python
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  3. SpiderFoot icon
     24 likes

    Automates open source intelligence by collecting, analyzing, and correlating data from diverse sources, offering web and command-line interfaces, modular plugins, detailed reports, data export, platform flexibility, and support for advanced integrations.

    29 SpiderFoot alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  4. Intelligence X icon
     32 likes

    Intelligence X is a search engine and data archive. Search Tor, I2P, data leaks and the public web by email, domain, IP, CIDR, Bitcoin address and more.

    119 Intelligence X alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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  5. OSINT-tool icon
     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.

    28 OSINT-tool alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Google Chrome
    • Online
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  6. 4get icon
     23 likes

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

    66 4get alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Tor
    • Self-Hosted
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  7. GHunt icon
     6 likes

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

    19 GHunt alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox
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  8. Epieos icon
     6 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.

    20 Epieos alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  9. Maigret icon
     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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Telegram
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  10. Araa icon
     5 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.

    63 Araa alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • NGINX
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  11. Holehe icon
     8 likes

    Efficiently finding registered accounts from emails. Holehe allows you to check if the mail is used on different sites like Twitter, Instagram and will retrieve information on sites with the forgotten password function.

    22 Holehe alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
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