Comparison

BFG Repo-Cleaner vs git-secrets

No leader: the top candidate git-secrets has only 0.28 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

BFG Repo-Cleaner full profile →git-secrets full profile →

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BFG Repo-Cleaner35

git-secrets41

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	BFG Repo-Cleaner	git-secrets
Vioscale score	35 / 100low · 19%	41 / 100low · 28%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	-	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	-	1
Security
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	2.8	5
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	-	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=homebrew&package_name=git-secrets&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	-	42
Github starsadoption.github_stars	12,175	13,380
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	0	0
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	118	-
Historyrelease.history	10 items	-
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	GPL-3.0	Apache-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Scala	Shell
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	-	Available worldwide

Score

Vioscale score

BFG Repo-Cleaner35 / 100low · 19%

git-secrets41 / 100low · 28%

Pricing

Free tier

BFG Repo-Cleaner✓

git-secrets✓

Model

BFG Repo-Cleanercommercial

git-secretscommercial

Price level

BFG Repo-Cleanerfree

git-secretsfree

Transparent

BFG Repo-Cleaner–

git-secrets✓

Integrations

Count

BFG Repo-Cleaner–

git-secrets1

Security

Scorecard

BFG Repo-Cleaner2.8

git-secrets5

Vulnerabilities

BFG Repo-Cleaner–

git-secretsCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=homebrew&package_name=git-secrets&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Adoption

Dependent repos

BFG Repo-Cleaner–

git-secrets42

Github stars

BFG Repo-Cleaner12,175

git-secrets13,380

Activity

Commits last 30d

BFG Repo-Cleaner0

git-secrets0

Release

Cadence days

BFG Repo-Cleaner118

git-secrets–

History

BFG Repo-Cleaner10 items

git-secrets–

License

Spdx

BFG Repo-CleanerGPL-3.0

git-secretsApache-2.0

Language

Primary

BFG Repo-CleanerScala

git-secretsShell

Market

Availability

BFG Repo-Cleaner–

git-secretsAvailable worldwide

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for secrets scanning. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for Secrets Scanning
Capability	BFG Repo-Cleaner	git-secrets
Capabilities
Deployment model	-	-
Git repository historical scanning	-	-
Pre commit developer hooks	-	-
Active token validation engine	-	-
High entropy regex detection	-	-
Slack teams jira scanning	-	-
Automated key revocation apis	-	-
Custom regex rules support	-	-
Ci cd pipeline build blocking	-	-
Compliance audit reporting	-	-
SOC2 type ii	-	-
ISO 27001	-	-
Pricing model	-	-

Capabilities

Deployment model

BFG Repo-Cleaner-

git-secrets-

Git repository historical scanning

BFG Repo-Cleaner-

git-secrets-

Pre commit developer hooks

BFG Repo-Cleaner-

git-secrets-

Active token validation engine

BFG Repo-Cleaner-

git-secrets-

High entropy regex detection

BFG Repo-Cleaner-

git-secrets-

Slack teams jira scanning

BFG Repo-Cleaner-

git-secrets-

Automated key revocation apis

BFG Repo-Cleaner-

git-secrets-

Custom regex rules support

BFG Repo-Cleaner-

git-secrets-

Ci cd pipeline build blocking

BFG Repo-Cleaner-

git-secrets-

Compliance audit reporting

BFG Repo-Cleaner-

git-secrets-

SOC2 type ii

BFG Repo-Cleaner-

git-secrets-

ISO 27001

BFG Repo-Cleaner-

git-secrets-

Pricing model

BFG Repo-Cleaner-

git-secrets-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

BFG Repo-Cleaner

A command-line tool that removes large blobs and sensitive data from Git repositories. Distributed as free and open source software under the GNU General Public License.

Independently observed

git-secrets

git-secrets is an open-source command-line utility that integrates with Git as a pre-commit hook to detect and block attempts to commit secrets, API keys, and other sensitive credentials. It uses pattern matching to identify common secret formats and can be customized with additional patterns.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

BFG Repo-Cleaner

Open sourceFree tier

Free and open source

as of 2026-08-19verify ↗

git-secrets

Open sourceFree tier

Free and open-source

as of 2026-08-19verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	BFG Repo-Cleaner	git-secrets
macOSPlatforms	✗	✓
WindowsPlatforms	✗	✓
LinuxPlatforms	✗	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✗
On-premiseDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

macOS

BFG Repo-Cleaner✗

git-secrets✓

Windows

BFG Repo-Cleaner✗

git-secrets✓

Linux

BFG Repo-Cleaner✗

git-secrets✓

CLI

BFG Repo-Cleaner✓

git-secrets✓

Deployment

Self-hosted

BFG Repo-Cleaner✓

git-secrets✗

On-premise

BFG Repo-Cleaner✗

git-secrets✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

BFG Repo-Cleaner

Not documented yet.

git-secrets

1 total

Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.