AWS Lab's git-secrets Alternatives

AWS Lab's git-secrets is described as 'Git-secrets scans commits, commit messages, and --no-ff merges to prevent adding secrets into your git repositories. If a commit, commit message, or any commit in a --no-ff merge history matches one of your configured prohibited regular expression patterns, then the commit is' and is an app in the development category. There are nine alternatives to AWS Lab's git-secrets for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, SaaS and Web-based apps. The best AWS Lab's git-secrets alternative is GitGuardian. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try GitGuardian or truffleHog. Other great apps like AWS Lab's git-secrets are repo-security-scanner, Yelp's detect-secrets, Cremit and Gitrob.

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  1. GitGuardian icon
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    GitGuardian is a global cybersecurity startup focusing on code security solutions for the DevOps generation. A leader in the market of secrets detection and remediation, its solutions are already used by hundred thousands developers in all industries.

    11 GitGuardian alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
    • GitGuardian is the most popular SaaS & Self-Hosted alternative to AWS Lab's git-secrets.

    • GitGuardian is the most popular free alternative to AWS Lab's git-secrets.

    • GitGuardian is Free Personal and ProprietaryAWS Lab's git-secrets is Free and Open Source
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    Searches through git repositories for secrets, digging deep into commit history and branches. This is effective at finding secrets accidentally committed.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    truffleHog takes into account AWS secret keys as well as alternative high entropy keys such as API keys.

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    • truffleHog is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to AWS Lab's git-secrets.

    • truffleHog is the most popular Open Source alternative to AWS Lab's git-secrets.

    • truffleHog is Free and Open SourceAWS Lab's git-secrets is also Free and Open Source
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    rules to identify files containing juicy information like usernames, passwords etc - DiabloHorn/yara4pentesters

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    CLI tool that finds secrets accidentally committed to a git repo, eg passwords, private keys - UKHomeOffice/repo-security-scanner

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    detect-secrets is an aptly named module for (surprise, surprise) detecting secrets within a code base.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. Cremit icon
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    Cremit is an all-in-one credential security platform designed for developers and security teams. This service integrates with source code version control systems, collaboration tools, and messaging platforms to effectively detect and manage secret information.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Online
     
    • Cremit is the most popular Web-based alternative to AWS Lab's git-secrets.

    • Cremit is Freemium and ProprietaryAWS Lab's git-secrets is Free and Open Source
  7. Gitrob icon
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    Gitrob is a tool to help find potentially sensitive files pushed to public repositories on Github. Gitrob will clone repositories belonging to a user or organization down to a configurable depth and iterate through the commit history and flag files that match signatures for...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    It happens sometimes that you can commit secrets or passwords to your repository by accident. The recommended best practice is not commit the secrets, that's obvious. But not always that obvious when you have a big merge waiting to be reviewed.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. Gitleaks icon
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    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;

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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