Alternatives to Sherlock
Finds accounts with a given username across hundreds of sites. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Sherlock
Finds accounts with a given username across hundreds of sites.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Sherlock.
Holehe
Checks which services an email address is registered with.
Holehe checks which services an email address is registered with instead of searching for a username, and it is likewise a free open-source command-line tool.
SpiderFoot
Automated open-source intelligence collection with 200 modules.
SpiderFoot runs two hundred automated intelligence modules with a web interface and correlation, covering far more than usernames but needing API keys for full coverage.
Maltego
Desktop tool for visually mapping relationships in OSINT investigations.
Maltego is a closed-source freemium desktop tool that maps relationships visually through data transforms, with Community Edition limits and a learning curve compared with Sherlock's single command.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Recon-ng
Modular web reconnaissance framework with a Metasploit-style interface.
theHarvester
Collect public information about domains during authorized research.
Have I Been Pwned
A service that checks whether your email address or password appeared in known data breaches.
Mozilla Monitor
Free web service from Mozilla that checks whether your email appears in known data breaches.
