Sherlock Search
No liveness check has reached it yet; it has been in the index since 13 Oct 2026. How this is checked
Sherlock Search lets users upload a photo and review possible public web appearances of the face in that image. It provides visual confidence scores, links to original sources, and safety guidance for verifying identity clues without treating matches as proof.
Inferred · not functionally tested
Overview
6 featuresPurpose: Finding and verifying where a person's face may appear across publicly indexed web pages.
Inferred · not functionally tested
Audience: people checking online identities and public photo appearances
Inferred · not functionally tested
Functions: data_extraction
Inferred · not functionally tested
Interfaces: API: unknown · MCP: unknown · CLI: unknown · Self-hosting: unknown
Recorded constraints: pricing: free · license: Proprietary · platforms: WEB · deployment: browser, cloud_managed
Constraint provenance is unknown; confirm requirements with the publisher.
Record sources: sherlock-search.org. These links do not verify the individual claims.
In the Computer vision, OCR & document AI space, Sherlock Search takes a focused approach. Inferred · not functionally tested: It focuses on finding and verifying where a person's face may appear across publicly indexed web pages. Inferred · not functionally tested: Sherlock Search is a consumer product aimed at people checking online identities and public photo appearances. Basis unknown · not verified: Sherlock Search is free to use. Basis unknown · not verified: It runs on the web.
Inferred · not functionally tested: Key capabilities include photo upload, face matching, and visual confidence scores.
Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.
Tasks: Inferred · not functionally tested
- Photo upload
- Face matching
- Visual confidence scores
- Source page links
- Match confidence guide
- Public web indexing
Topics: Inferred · not functionally tested
Built with & integrations
- Next.js
- x-powered-by header · /_next/static/ in the HTML · __next_f in the HTML
- Cloudflare
- cf-ray header
Trust & compliance
Indexing history
1What PulseGate has recorded for this listing
- Indexed13 Oct · 09:54 UTCSherlock Search seen via Hacker News firehose (Algolia)Source: Hacker News firehose (Algolia) · Open
Frequently asked questions about Sherlock Search
- What is Sherlock Search?
- Inferred · not functionally tested: Sherlock Search focuses on finding and verifying where a person's face may appear across publicly indexed web pages. It is catalogued under Computer vision, OCR & document AI on PulseGate.
- Who should use Sherlock Search?
- Inferred · not functionally tested: Sherlock Search is a consumer product built for people checking online identities and public photo appearances.
- Is Sherlock Search free?
- Basis unknown · not verified: Yes — Sherlock Search is free to use.
- What platforms does Sherlock Search run on?
- Basis unknown · not verified: Sherlock Search runs on the web.
- Is Sherlock Search still maintained?
- Unverified. Sherlock Search has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.
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