git-secrets

Also known as
git-secrets

Available worldwide

What is 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

git-secrets pricing

We don't have git-secrets's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.

Pricing as of verify at live pricing ↗Independently observed
Open sourceFree tier

Free and open-source

Platform & deployment

Independently observed
Platforms
  • CLI
  • macOS
  • Linux
  • Windows
Deployment
  • On-premise

Integrations (1)

Independently observed
  • Git

Security & compliance

Known vulnerabilities: 0 (0 in the last 12 months) sourcea count reflects scale & disclosure, not quality

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Compare git-secrets

Side by side against other secrets scanning, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.

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The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence

Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for git-secrets, not the verdict.

Balanced composite 41 / 100
low · 28%updating
Signal contributions to the composite score
SignalScoreWeightContributionEvidence
Pricing transparency800.086.7
Price level1000.055.2
Security score500.042.1
Stars780.032.0
Dependent projects270.061.7
Integrations90.090.8
Reliability00.070.0-
Capabilities00.080.0-
Development activity00.090.0
Release cadence00.050.0-
Security posture00.070.0-
Package downloads00.140.0-
Developer Q&A activity00.060.0-

Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.

All data & sourcesshow ↓

Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.

Activity

AttributeValueEvidence
Commits last 30d0mediumsource · 2026-08-26 · 65%

Adoption

AttributeValueEvidence
Github stars13,380highsource · 2026-08-26 · 90%
Dependent repos42highsource · 2026-08-26 · 85%

Integrations

AttributeValueEvidence
Count1mediumsource · 2026-08-19 · 60%

Language

AttributeValueEvidence
PrimaryShellhighsource · 2026-08-26 · 90%

License

AttributeValueEvidence
SpdxApache-2.0highsource · 2026-08-26 · 95%

Market

AttributeValueEvidence
AvailabilityPrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: …highsource · 2026-08-19 · 75%

Pricing

AttributeValueEvidence
Free tierYesmediumsource · 2026-08-19 · 60%
Price levelfreemediumsource · 2026-08-19 · 60%
TransparentYesmediumsource · 2026-08-19 · 60%
Modelcommerciallowsource · 2026-08-26 · 40%

Security

AttributeValueEvidence
Scorecard5highsource · 2026-08-26 · 90%
VulnerabilitiesCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=homebrew&package_name=git-secrets&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0highsource · 2026-08-26 · 90%