v0.16.0

GargantuaX/gemini-watermark-removerv0.16.0Sep 16, 2025by ppfeister

AI Summary

This release focuses on improving accuracy by significantly reducing false positives through automated testing and introduces community packages for Debian and Ubuntu, while updating Python requirements.

Key Highlights

Significant reduction in false positives via automatic testing and upstream exclusions
Community packages now available on Debian and Ubuntu
Overloaded --json flag to allow use of pull request numbers
Added --no-txt flag to disable automatic txt file output

Breaking Changes

Deprecated support for now-EOL Python 3.8 and 3.9 (now requires Python 3.10+)

New Features

Automatic filtering of false-positive prone sites
Community package availability (Debian, Ubuntu)
Overloaded --json flag for PR numbers
Added --no-txt flag
Basic PEP 561 compliance with mypy support

Full Release Notes

## What's Changed

Most users should see a significant reduction in false positives (on an ongoing basis) after updating to this release. Nothing is ever perfect (regional differences, etc), but noise should be reduced by a notable margin.

- 📦 Community package now available on [__Debian__][ext-debian] @Nilsonfsilva
- 📦 Community package now available on [__Ubuntu__][ext-ubuntu] @Nilsonfsilva
- ✨ **Automatic filtering of most false-positive prone sites by way of [automatic testing](https://github.com/sherlock-project/sherlock/blob/master/tests/test_validate_targets.py) on [upstream](https://github.com/sherlock-project/sherlock/blob/exclusions/false_positive_exclusions.txt)** @ppfeister 
- ✨ \-\-json flag overloaded to allow use of pull request numbers as manifest URIs (#2356) @bytexenon 
- ✨ \-\-no-txt flag added to disable automatic txt file output __(functionality may change later)__ (#2263) @ntexe 
- ✨ Basic PEP 561 compliance with support for mypy static type checking (#2277) @ppfeister 
- ‼️ Deprecated support for now-EOL Python 3.8 and 3.9 (now ^3.10) @ppfeister

Additional manifest contributors this cycle: @Netail @MR-VL @L0mbart @paperbenni @gtkacz @Suramyavns @nktkhndlwl @Nuung @alokranjan609 @yuzicodes @rskbansal @NOMADE55 @ReganBell @sk337 @Pasanlaksitha @SOGeKING-NUL @ibnaleem @brantonb @joeyagreco @jasontenpenny @S1lvus  @MaxwellOldshein  @Davis-3450 @akamayu-ouo @craiglondon @pylapp @tulsishetty07 @kotarofu @telemaxxx @rsb-23

Additional codebase contributors this cycle: @Txbias (docs) @PeterDaveHello (dockerfile) @anujatappeta (fixed dead tests)

[__[full changelog]__][changelog]

[ext-debian]: https://packages.debian.org/trixie/sherlock
[ext-ubuntu]: https://packages.ubuntu.com/source/oracular/sherlock

[changelog]: https://github.com/sherlock-project/sherlock/compare/v0.15.0...v0.16.0

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