GitLeaks — Scanning for Exposed Secrets
What GitLeaks is, how to install and run it, integrating it into your workflow, and what to do when it finds something
It takes one second to commit an API key. It takes hours — sometimes days — to fully remediate the damage. And the worst part? You probably won't even notice when it happens. There's no alarm, no popup, no warning. Your key just quietly lands in Git history, waiting for someone to find it.
AI agents make this problem worse, not better. They're fast. They create files, move things around, and commit without the hesitation that a human might have when typing out a credential. They don't know that the string starting with sk_live_ is a Stripe secret key that should never touch version control.
GitLeaks is the tool that catches what you and your agents miss. It scans your repository for secrets — API keys, passwords, tokens, connection strings — and flags them before they become a bre
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