Sherlock-Deno 🕵️ - search users across 270+ websites


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Sherlock-Deno is an improved remake of the original sherlock by sdushantha.

Why use Sherlock-Deno?

  • Super lightweight
  • Can be run without installation
  • Runs all checks concurrently (asynchronous)
  • Cleverly looks through the response to determine if a user has an account (status code, redirect, page content)
  • Follows HTTP(S) redirections
  • Only uses the deno standard modules (colors, flags)

Status

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How to use the CLI (Command Line Interface)?

Simply install deno on your system with a single command. You can find the offical command here.

Without installation:

deno run --allow-net https://deno.land/x/sherlock/cli.ts

With installation:

deno install --allow-net -f -n sherlock https://deno.land/x/sherlock/cli.ts

Verify the installation by typing sherlock

Done! 🎉 You now have a running version of Sherlock-Deno.

Command Line Options

Argument Description
--help Show help
--version Show version number and active sites count
-a, --all Show all results
-t, --timeout Set timout for requests in seconds (WIP)
-f, --format Select output format [json,pretty_json,csv]

How to update the CLI?

Deno caches the dependencies locally, so you may need to clear the cache to update. To do so simply run:

deno cache --reload https://deno.land/x/sherlock/cli.ts

Next run the installation command from above again.

How to contribute?

If you encounter any issues please create an issue here but please look for existing issues first before creating a new one 😉

Feel free to create an issue if you have an idea what could be added next. Thanks in advance!

How to install the source code?

  1. Clone the repository.
  2. Run deno run --allow-net cli.ts

Done! 🎉 You now have a running version of the Sherlock-Deno CLI on your machine.

Useful development commands:

  • deno lint --unstable - Runs a code linter to check the code style.
  • deno test tests/src - Runs all tests.
  • deno test tests/src --coverage --unstable - Runs all tests and creates a code coverage report.
  • deno test --allow-net tests/sites - Runs false positive & false negative tests for every site. Add --filter=SITE to only test a specific site.

Tip: You can find more info about the deno cli here.