Username enumeration with Python

Stumbled across this username enumeration script on X — think Sherlock, but looks like it's in early stages and likely getting built out further.

How it works under the hood:

Sends raw HTTP GET requests directly to alternative frontends (like imginn for Instagram or nitter for Twitter/X) — no official APIs, no auth, no rate limits (yet).

Dynamically builds the profile URL based on the target username.

Checks the HTTP status code:

200 OK ➔ Username exists

404 Not Found ➔ Username doesn't exist

Bonus: It imports BeautifulSoup too, which hints at planned scraping for deeper profile data (bio, follower count, etc.), but in the current state it's mostly existence-checking based on the HTTP response.

Repo here: github.com/AnkhCorp/Snoop