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Username Search & Lookup Across 400+ Sites — Sherlock

Username search and lookup across 400+ social networks. Give it one or more usernames and it checks every site, returning each platform where that username exists with the direct profile URL and HTTP status. For OSINT investigation, handle availability checks and account discovery.

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Username Search & Social Media Username Lookup — Sherlock API through CLI

The Apify CLI is the official tool that allows you to use Username Search & Lookup Across 400+ Sites — Sherlock locally, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install Apify CLI

Using installation script (macOS/Linux):

$curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash

Using installation script (Windows):

$irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex

Using Homebrew:

$brew install apify-cli

Using npm:

$npm install -g apify-cli

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