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We've compiled a list of 8 free and paid alternatives to Gitleaks. The primary competitors include truffleHog, Repo-supervisor. In addition to these, users also draw comparisons between Gitleaks and GitGuardian, yara4pentesters, Yelp's detect-secrets. Also you can look at other similar options here: Development Tools.


truffleHog
Free Open Source

Searches through git repositories for secrets, digging deep into commit history and branches.

Repo-supervisor
Free Open Source

Serverless tool that detects secrets and passwords in your pull requests - one file at a time

yara4pentesters
Free Open Source

rules to identify files containing juicy information like usernames, passwords etc.

Yelp's detect-secrets
Free Open Source

detect-secrets is an aptly named module for (surprise, surprise) detecting secrets within a code...

Gitrob
Free Open Source

Reconnaissance tool for GitHub organization.

AWSLab's git-secrets
Free Open Source

Prevents you from committing secrets and credentials into git repositories.

CLI tool that finds secrets accidentally committed to a git repo, eg passwords, private keys.

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Gitleaks Overview

Audit git repos for secrets. Gitleaks provides a way for you to find unencrypted secrets and other unwanted data types in git source code repositories. As part of it's core functionality, it provides;
Github and Gitlab support including support for bulk organization and repository owner (user) repository scans, as well as pull request scanning for use in common CI workflows.
Support for private repository scans, and repositories that require key based authentication
Output in CSV and JSON formats for consumption in other reporting tools and frameworks
Externalised configuration for environment specific customisation including regex rules
Customizable repository name, file type, commit ID, branch name and regex whitelisting to reduce false positives
High performance through the use of src-d's go-git framework
It has been successfully used in a number of different scenarios, including;

Adhoc scans of local and remote repositories by filesystem path or clone URL
Automated scans of github users and organizations (Both public and enterprise platforms)
As part of a CICD workflow to identify secrets before they make it deeper into your codebase
As part of a wider secrets auditing automation capability for git data in large environments.

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