Detect Shepherd
Shepherd is a JavaScript library which makes an use-friendly user-guide to any website.
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Websites using Shepherd
2 hostnames in the PluginView corpus for this technology.
| Hostname | Last seen |
|---|---|
| acc.org | 8/3/2026 |
| focusing.org | 8/6/2026 |
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What a detection means
- Establishes
- One or more public signals on the scanned page matched a known Shepherd signature at the time of the scan.
- Does not establish
- A sitewide install of Shepherd, an active vendor contract, exclusive use, or that Shepherd is still in place today.
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How to check a site for Shepherd
- 1. Enter the website URL in the scan form — homepage, pricing, checkout, or login pages usually expose the strongest Shepherd signals.
- 2. PluginView reads only public responses and scores them against proprietary Shepherd fingerprints. Rule bodies and identifiers are not published.
- 3. Review the confidence score and text explanation for Shepherd on the results page.
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FAQ: detecting Shepherd
- Can PluginView detect Shepherd without logging in?
- Yes. PluginView only reads publicly accessible responses when checking for Shepherd. It does not bypass authentication or paywalls.
- What category is Shepherd?
- Shepherd is classified under JavaScript libraries in the PluginView directory.
- Does PluginView publish Shepherd fingerprint rules?
- No. Detection uses proprietary fingerprint rules that are not published. Scan results explain matches in plain language without disclosing rule bodies or identifiers.
