# Install sherlock

Hunt down social media accounts by username. Version 0.16.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-14.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:sherlock
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install sherlock
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install sherlock
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: sherlock from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#sherlock
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sh/sherlock/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:sherlock
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/sherlock>
- **Version:** 0.16.0
- **Source summary:** Hunt down social media accounts by username
- **Homepage:** <https://sherlockproject.xyz/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/sherlock-project/sherlock>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/sherlock-project/sherlock#readme>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/76/17/d29f35df6ec6424ec15f273a31ad54ad314d1f9056321fb824bed4eda128/sherlock_project-0.16.0.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-14T11:54:58Z
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- sherlock (cli)
- sherlock (alias)

## Dependencies

- certifi
- numpy
- python@3.14

## Build Dependencies

- cmake

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 0.16.0
- Package-manager updated: 2026-05-14
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://sherlockproject.xyz/
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.

## 安全说明

no executable entrypoint in the package index.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- no executable entrypoint in the package index

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** sherlock
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 4
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - sherlock - 0.15.0-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: sherlock from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Find usernames across social networks | https://github.com/sherlock-project/sherlock
- Nix - sherlock: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sh/sherlock/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - sherlock - 0.14.3+git20240119.e3a09f8-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: sherlock from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Find usernames across social networks | https://github.com/sherlock-project/sherlock


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