Gitleaks

Also known as
gitleaks

Available worldwide

What is Gitleaks?

An open-source utility that automatically scans git repositories, individual files, and directories to identify secrets and sensitive credentials. It integrates with GitHub Actions to enable continuous secret scanning on pull requests and commits.

Independently observed

Gitleaks pricing

We don't have Gitleaks'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
  • Web
Deployment
  • Cloud / SaaS
  • Self-hosted

Integrations (1)

Independently observed
  • GitHub

Security & compliance

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

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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 Gitleaks, not the verdict.

Balanced composite 53 / 100
low · 20%updating
Signal contributions to the composite score
SignalScoreWeightContributionEvidence
Pricing transparency800.086.7
Price level1000.055.2
Release cadence930.054.8
Stars840.032.2
Integrations90.090.8
Reliability00.070.0-
Capabilities00.080.0-
Dependent projects00.060.0
Development activity00.090.0-
Security posture00.070.0-
Package downloads00.140.0-
Security score00.040.0-
Developer Q&A activity00.060.0-

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

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

Adoption

AttributeValueEvidence
Github stars28,963highsource · 2026-08-26 · 90%
Dependent repos0highsource · 2026-08-26 · 85%

Integrations

AttributeValueEvidence
Count1mediumsource · 2026-08-19 · 60%

Language

AttributeValueEvidence
PrimaryGohighsource · 2026-08-26 · 90%

License

AttributeValueEvidence
SpdxMIThighsource · 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%

Release

AttributeValueEvidence
Cadence days13mediumsource · 2026-08-26 · 70%
History20 itemsmediumsource · 2026-08-26 · 70%

Security

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