Sherlock Alternatives

Sherlock is described as 'A powerful command line tool provided by Sherlock Project, can be used to find usernames across many social networks. It requires Python 3.6 or higher and works on MacOS, Linux and Windows' and is an app in the security & privacy category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Sherlock for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Self-Hosted, Linux, Shopify and Fedora apps. The best Sherlock alternative is SearXNG, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Sherlock are Searx, 4get, SpiderFoot and Intelligence X.

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  1. SearXNG icon
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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

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Arch Linux
    • Fedora
    • Ubuntu
    • Debian
    • Docker
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
    • Cloudron
     
    • 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
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    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.

    98 Searx alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  3. 4get icon
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    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...

    63 4get alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Tor
     
  4. SpiderFoot icon
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    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.

    25 SpiderFoot alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  5. OSINT-tool icon
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    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.

    24 OSINT-tool alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

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

    • OSINT-tool is Paid and ProprietarySherlock is Free and Open Source
  6. LibreX icon
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    LibreX gives you results from Google, Qwant, Ahmia and popular torrent sites without spying on you.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  7. Araa icon
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    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

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • NGINX
     
  8. Snoop OSINT icon
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    Snoop — OSINT- open data intelligence tool. Search usernames across the web.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
     
    • Snoop OSINT is the most popular Windows, Android & Mac alternative to Sherlock.

    • Snoop OSINT is Freemium and Open SourceSherlock is Free and Open Source
  9. Hudson Rock icon
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    With expertise developed at the cybercrime intelligence division at the prestigious 8200 cyber unit at the IDF, Hudson Rock’s powerful cybercrime threat intelligence feed provides invaluable data for infrastructure protection, end-user protection, and supply chain risk...

    20 Hudson Rock alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  10. eTools.ch icon
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    A so-called metasearch engine or federated search, that simultaneously searches major Swiss and international search engines, merges their results and shows them relevance-sorted in a concise form.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  11. SHOPLOCK  icon
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    SHOPLOCK Required Login app helps merchants control access to the specific content of the website. To access the restricted part, visitors have to get logged-in. Merchants can restrict access to the entire website, products, collections & other web pages for the group of...

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Shopify
     
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