GitGuardian Alternatives

Apps similar to GitGuardian include Gitleaks, which is free and open source. Other options are AWS Lab's git-secrets, truffleHog, Kingfisher and AquilaX. You can choose from more than 10 Vulnerability Scanners like GitGuardian for Mac, Windows, Linux and the web.

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  1. 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 (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  2. 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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  3. truffleHog icon
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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.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Kingfisher is a high-speed, open-source secret scanner and live validation tool. It scans code, Git history, developer platforms, cloud storage, collaboration tools, and containers, then verifies exposed credentials, maps their blast radius across identities, permissions, and...

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  5. AquilaX icon
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    AquilaX Ultimate is a comprehensive software security scanner, designed to detect a wide range of security vulnerabilities in the source code of any application. Is committed to change how contextual analysis is done to eliminate virtually any false positive.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  6. CLI tool that finds secrets accidentally committed to a git repo, eg passwords, private keys - UKHomeOffice/repo-security-scanner

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  7. ProdCanary is a static security review for apps built with AI tools like Lovable, Bolt and Cursor. Upload a zip of your own project and in seconds it flags the mistakes that cause real breaches: hardcoded API keys, Supabase service_role keys in the frontend, missing Row Level...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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  8. A single pane of glass for understanding and mitigating risks across your entire codebase and supply chain.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  9. 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
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Online
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  10. Trestle icon
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    Local secret scanner that catches API keys, passwords, and other credentials in your code before they leak - built for AI-assisted development.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • npm
    • GitHub Actions
    • GitHub Marketplace
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  11. 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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  12. detect-secrets is an aptly named module for (surprise, surprise) detecting secrets within a code base.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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