sociopath

README

sociopath

Go library and CLI for fetching social media profiles across 200+ platforms.

Install

go install github.com/codeGROOVE-dev/sociopath/cmd/sociopath@latest

Usage

sociopath https://github.com/torvalds         # Fetch profile
sociopath -r https://linktr.ee/johndoe        # Follow social links recursively
sociopath --guess torvalds                    # Discover profiles by username
sociopath --email user@example.com            # Look up by email (Gravatar, etc.)

Options

Flag	Description
-r	Follow social links recursively (max depth: 3)
--guess	Discover related profiles on other platforms
--email	Look up profiles by email address
--browser	Extract cookies from browser for authenticated platforms
--no-cache	Disable HTTP caching (default: 75-day TTL)
-v, --debug	Enable verbose logging

Platforms

Code Hosting: GitHub, GitLab, Codeberg, Sourcehut, Gitea, Gitee, GitVerse, NotABug, SourceForge, Launchpad, CodingNet

Developer Communities: StackOverflow, HackerNews, Lobsters, Slashdot, Dev.to, Hashnode, Qiita, Zenn, Velog, CSDN, Juejin, V2EX, CNBlogs, CNode, SegmentFault, Jianshu, OSChina, ITHelp, InfoQ CN, Zhihu, QnA Habr, VC.ru, Pikabu, Developpez, LinuxFR, Zeste de Savoir, DesarrolloWeb, LaWebDelProgramador, Cristalab, ForosDelWeb, TabNews, GUJ, VivaOLinux, iMasters, Nairaland, KotaKode, Codepolitan, Dicoding, PetaniKode, Kaskus, OKKY, Programmers, DOU, Wykop, 4Programmers, OhjelmoIntiputka, SweClockers, Hugi, Barnamenevis, Virgool, Quera, Eksisozluk, SQL.ru, RSDN, RubyChina, TechBBS, Daily.dev, Peerlist, HackerNoon, GeeksForGeeks, Hackaday, Hackster, DevRant

Forums & Communities: Discourse, ArchBBS, LinuxQuestions, Linux.org, LinuxMint Forums, Gentoo Forums, Unix.com, Swift Forums, Ionic Forum, Kubernetes Discuss, CNCF Community, HashiCorp Discuss, Grafana Community, MS Tech Community, F-Droid Forum, XDA Forums, Flashback

Package Registries: Crates.io, DockerHub, Quay, HexPM, npm, PyPI, RubyGems, NuGet, Packagist

Competitive Programming: LeetCode, LeetCode CN, Exercism, CodeWars, AtCoder, Codeforces, CodeChef, TopCoder, HackerRank, HackerEarth, SPOJ, Monkeytype, CodinGame

Code Playgrounds: Kaggle, CodePen, CodeSandbox, StackBlitz, JSFiddle, FreeCodeCamp, Replit, Scratch, ObservableHQ, Asciinema

Security & CTF: HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack, TryHackMe, HackThisSite, HackenProof, Detectify, Immunefi, OpenBugBounty, PortSwigger Academy, CyberDefenders, pwn.college, picoCTF, CryptoHack, Crackmes.one, RingZer0, W3Challs, CTF247, 0x00sec, HTB Academy

Professional: ORCID, HuggingFace, Keybase, Sessionize, SlideShare, Cloudflare, StackShare, Figma, WakaTime, TradingView, CakeResume, AngelList, Notist, AWS Builder, Google Cloud, Pulumi, OpenHub

Design & Creative: Behance, Awwwards, CSS Design Awards, Frontend Mentor, Dribbble

Social: Twitter/X*, LinkedIn*, Instagram*, TikTok*, Mastodon, BlueSky, Reddit, VKontakte, Weibo, Micro.blog, Telegram, Discord*, Skype, Tumblr

Content & Blogs: YouTube, Twitch, Bilibili, Medium, Substack, Habr, Blogger, Pastebin, Tistory, Naver Blog

Gaming & Leisure: Steam, Strava, Goodreads, Douban, Duolingo, BoardGameGeek, itch.io, Lichess, Backloggd, Nexus Mods

Other: Linktree, Gravatar, Google, GoogleCal, Cal.com, Calendly, Holopin, IntenseDebate, Disqus, ArsTechnica, Mail.ru, Hahow, TipidPC, CTO51

* Requires --browser flag for authentication

Output

JSON to stdout:

{
  "Platform": "github",
  "URL": "https://github.com/torvalds",
  "Username": "torvalds",
  "Name": "Linus Torvalds"
}

Guessed profiles include confidence scores and match reasons.

Library

import "github.com/codeGROOVE-dev/sociopath/pkg/sociopath"

profiles, _ := sociopath.FetchRecursiveWithGuess(ctx, url, sociopath.WithBrowserCookies())
for _, p := range profiles {
    fmt.Printf("%s (%.0f%% confidence)\n", p.URL, p.Confidence*100)
}