betterleaks / betterleaks
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v1.9.0 · 1mo ago
Configurable secrets scanner that detects leaked credentials in git repos, files, and other sources.
Why you might care
Maintained by the team behind Gitleaks, including its original author, it adds validation of detected secrets via HTTP requests, analysis of valid credentials, and optional revocation. It targets lower false positives with Expr-based contextual filters and BPE-based rarity filtering.
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LanguageGo
LicenseMIT
Created2026-02-03 (9mo ago)
Last push1d ago
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GitHub topics
cicdcredentialsdeveloper-toolsdevopsdevsecopsdynamic-analysisgitgithubgitleaksgogolangsastsecretsecretssecrets-detectionsecrets-managementsecrets-scanningsecuritysecurity-toolsstatic-analysis
Links
- GitHub: github.com/betterleaks/betterleaks
- Homepage: https://betterleaks.com
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