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gitleaks/gitleaks

Find secrets with Gitleaks ๐Ÿ”‘

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How fast gitleaks/gitleaks is gaining stars, and where it lands on Trendshift and GitHub Trending

Activity and trending

Stars, forks and merged pull requests each day or month, lined up with the repository's rank on Trendshift Trending

Sepย 16ย โ€“ Novย 15,ย 2026

Stars +1,719 in 61 days

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Forks +290 in 61 days

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Stars, forks, merged pull requests and Trendshift Trending rank, by day
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  • GitHub trending history

    Where the repository ranked on GitHub Trending, one dot for each day it was on a list

    Jun 21, 2024 โ€“ Jul 19, 2025Best #2

    #1#5#10#15#20#25
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    Mentions and achievements

    Where people are talking about gitleaks/gitleaks, and every badge it has earned
    1. Nov 101 post
      • 1/3 Pushed an API key to GitHub by mistake? Deleting the file doesn't help. It's still in your git history, and bots constantly scan public repos for exposed keys. ๐Ÿงต

        Read full on X, posted by @shriharikoushi1

        @shriharikoushi1 ยท x.com

    2. Nov 91 post
      • 09๏ฝœHarden-Runner ่ง€ๅฏŸ CI ๅŸท่กŒๆœŸ้–“็š„็ถฒ่ทฏใ€ๆช”ๆกˆ่ˆ‡็จ‹ๅบไบ‹ไปถ๏ผŒๅ”ๅŠฉ่ฟฝๆŸฅๅ“ชๅ€‹ๆญฅ้ฉŸ้€ฃๅˆฐ้™Œ็”Ÿ็ถฒๅŸŸใ€‚ๅ…่ฒปๆ–นๆกˆ้™ๅ…ฌ้–‹ๅ€‰ๅบซ็š„ GitHub ่จ—็ฎก runner๏ผŒๅ…ถไป–ๆƒ…ๅขƒ้œ€็œ‹ๆ–นๆกˆใ€‚

        Read full on X, posted by @2015ayien

        @2015ayien ยท x.com

    3. Nov 81 post
      • Free tools to scan your vibe-coded app before launch: 1. Gitleaks finds API keys in your git history 2. TruffleHog checks if leaked keys still work 3. Semgrep finds insecure code patterns 4. npmโ€ฆ

        Read full on X, posted by @mdjunaidap

        @mdjunaidap ยท x.com

    4. Nov 71 post
      • Letting a coding agent run unattended? Don't hand it your laptop. 10 open-source tools to sandbox it, audit it and keep your secrets away from it (GitHub stars as of Nov 1): SANDBOX THE PROCESS 01.โ€ฆ

        Read full on X, posted by @caelum0x4

        @caelum0x4 ยท x.com

    5. Nov 41 post
      • Before you ship a vibe-coded app, scan its git history, not just its files. Deleting .env in your last commit doesn't delete the key. Every older commit still has it. Gitleaks' git mode walks git logโ€ฆ

        Read full on X, posted by @CuriousDevX

        @CuriousDevX ยท x.com

    6. Nov 31 post
      • Almost 29 million secret keys leaked on public GitHub last year. Deleting the file doesn't fix it. The key is still in your git history, and attackers have used leaked keys within five minutes. Freeโ€ฆ

        Read full on X, posted by @getfailsafe

        @getfailsafe ยท x.com

    7. Oct 291 post
      • 10 github repos that keep a solo dev f*cking alive. 205K+ combined stars. one job each, from the first scan to the release. (1/10) GitHub CLI ยท 46.8K stars gh pr status shows every PR waiting on youโ€ฆ

        Read full on X, posted by @0x_fokki

        @0x_fokki ยท x.com

    8. 24 days earlier
    9. Oct 52 posts
      • 10 GitHub repos bringing AI and automation into cybersecurity

        Read full on Reddit

        r/SATNA_PROJECT

      • Gitleaks: catch passwords, API keys and tokens in your git repos before someone else does (29k stars)

        Read full on Reddit

        r/BestGitHubRepos

    10. 8 days earlier
    11. Sep 271 post
      • 7/10 โ€” Interactsh GitHub: An out-of-band interaction detection tool. Useful for investigating: โ€ข Blind SSRF โ€ข Blind XXE โ€ข Certain blind injection vulnerabilities Example: interactsh-client Itโ€ฆ

        Read full on X, posted by @NitinGavhane_

        @NitinGavhane_ ยท x.com

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