As a regular contributor to Project WhatsMyName, this is a Python script I made for myself.

The script is unofficial and is not part of Project WhatsMyName.

Feel free to use it!

There is no support button on this repository. This is because WhatsMyName is not my project — this is my own personal script. All support should go to Project WhatsMyName and to @WebBreacher. DO NOT DONATE TO ME.

I am a regular contributor to Project WhatsMyName, but I am not officially part of its creation. WMN is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Copyright (C) Micah Hoffman

Install once, and the whatsmyname command becomes available globally in your terminal — no virtual environment management, no path hassle.

pipx install git+https://github.com/C3n7ral051nt4g3ncy/WhatsMyName-Python.git

To update to the latest version at any time:

pipx upgrade WhatsMyName-Python

To uninstall:

pipx uninstall WhatsMyName-Python

git clone https://github.com/C3n7ral051nt4g3ncy/WhatsMyName-Python
cd WhatsMyName-Python
pip install -r requirements.txt

Once installed via pipx, just run whatsmyname from anywhere:

whatsmyname -u <username>

python3 whatsmyname.py -u <username>

• Help:

whatsmyname -h

• Count the number of sites currently supported on Project WhatsMyName:

whatsmyname -c

• Full sites list supported on Project WhatsMyName:

whatsmyname -f

• Scan the full sites list for a target username:

whatsmyname -u johndoe

• Single site search — check if a username exists on a specific site:

whatsmyname -u johndoe -s "Bluesky 2"

• Control output files — skip formats you don't need:

whatsmyname -u johndoe --no-csv --no-json   # HTML report only
whatsmyname -u johndoe --no-html            # JSON + CSV only

• Tune concurrency — adjust the number of parallel workers (default: 20):

whatsmyname -u johndoe --workers 40

Every scan automatically generates three output files, all timestamped so repeated scans never overwrite each other:

All three files are saved in whichever directory you run the command from.

• uri_pretty support: when a site defines a uri_pretty field in the WMN dataset, the clean human-facing profile URL is shown in all output — terminal, HTML, JSON, and CSV — instead of the internal check URL which may point to an API endpoint. Sites without uri_pretty fall back to uri_check automatically.
• Full response logging: all sites are now logged, not just hits. Every result — found, not found, or error — is recorded with its HTTP status code, response time in milliseconds, and error message if applicable.
• Three output formats: JSON, CSV, and HTML are all generated automatically at the end of each scan. Individual formats can be skipped with --no-html, --no-csv, or --no-json.
• Timestamped output files: repeated scans no longer overwrite previous reports.
• pipx support: the script can now be installed globally via pipx without cloning the repo.
• --workers flag: concurrency is now configurable from the command line.
• Proper error handling: each site failure is caught and recorded with the actual exception message instead of being silently discarded.
• HTML report improvements: found accounts appear in a dedicated green summary table at the top of the report, followed by the full colour-coded results table with a live search filter.

• Improved code structure and separation of concerns.
• Fixed progress bar bug where pbar was referenced outside its with block.

• Links made clickable in the HTML report. Special thanks to boringthegod for the request and idea.
• Scan speed significantly improved while maintaining accuracy.
• HTML Report Generation: a .html report is generated at the end of each scan with all found links in one place.

Huge thanks to the following contributors for their valuable contributions to this project:

@hippiiee

@ljrk0

@Webbreacher

To add yourself to this list, please make a pull request with your GitHub username.