Gitleaks
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
3recommend
1warn against
Nov 1, 2025first mention
Jul 21, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“Gitleaks is a fine tool to use, I would recommend its use.”
“There's https://github.com/gitleaks/gitleaks”
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“They are great scanners”
Caveats and dissent
“It's the successor to Gitleaks since I'm not focused on that project much anymore.”
Often compared with
Threads where it came up
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All comments 8
“Gitleaks is a fine tool to use, I would recommend its use.”
“It's the successor to Gitleaks since I'm not focused on that project much anymore.”
“Secrets filter via gitleaks”
“There's https://github.com/gitleaks/gitleaks”
“built with Python, Streamlit, SQLite with FTS5, OpenRouter, and Gitleaks”
“They are great scanners”
“comparing Gitleaks, detect-secrets and trufflehog”
“How does this compare to https://github.com/gitleaks/gitleaks ?”