Command-line tool

detect-secrets

brew/detect-secrets

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

Enterprise friendly way of detecting and preventing secrets in code

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

pipx install detect_secrets

macOS

brew install detect-secrets
pipx install detect_secrets

Linux

brew install detect-secrets
pipx install detect_secrets

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