linkedin2username – Penetration Testing Tools

Linkedin2Username tool is an automated tool developed in the Python3 Language used as an OSINT tool to generate username lists from companies on the LinkedIn platform. This tool is a pure web-scraper tool that doesn’t require any API-key for its usage. Linkedin2Username tool is available on the GitHub platform for free. You need to specify your valid LinkedIn username and password to use the tool.

Here’s what you get:

first.last.txt: Usernames like Gaurav.Gandal
flast.txt: Usernames like GGandal
firstl.txt: Usernames like Gaurav
rawnames.txt: Full name like Gaurav Gandal

Note: Make Sure You have Python Installed on your System, as this is a python-based tool. Click to check the Installation process: Python Installation Steps on Linux

Installation of linkedin2username Tool on Kali Linux OS

Step 1: Use the following command to install the tool in your Kali Linux operating system.

git clone https://github.com/initstring/linkedin2username.git

Step 2: Now use the following command to move into the directory of the tool. You have to move in the directory in order to run the tool.

cd linkedin2username

Step 3: You are in the directory of the linkedin2username. Now you have to install a dependency of the linkedin2username using the following command.

sudo pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Step 4: All the dependencies have been installed in your Kali Linux operating system. Now use the following command to run the tool and check help section.