Is gitleaks-secret-scanner safe to use?

gitleaks-secret-scanner has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (2.1.1). DepScope rates its health at 54/100 (high risk).

What is the latest version of gitleaks-secret-scanner?

The latest version of gitleaks-secret-scanner is 2.1.1, released 2026-01-15.

Does gitleaks-secret-scanner have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of gitleaks-secret-scanner.

Is gitleaks-secret-scanner deprecated?

No, gitleaks-secret-scanner is actively maintained. Latest release: 2.1.1 (2026-01-15).

What are alternatives to gitleaks-secret-scanner?

Popular alternatives to gitleaks-secret-scanner in npm include: semver, debug, ansi-styles, minimatch, brace-expansion.

What license does gitleaks-secret-scanner use?

gitleaks-secret-scanner is licensed under MIT.

gitleaks-secret-scanner

npmv2.1.1

A powerful, intelligent wrapper for the Gitleaks engine that provides accurate and safe secret scanning for local pre-commit hooks and CI/CD pipelines.

License MITpermissive7 versions1 maintainers5 deps9,976 weekly dl

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Health

use with caution

[email protected] low health (54/100) — consider alternatives

Moderate health score (54/100) — verify manually

Health breakdown0 – 100

15/25

maintenance

6/20

popularity

25/25

security

6/15

maturity

2/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Bundle & TypeScript

📦

Bundle Size

272.4 KBminified

76.7 KB gzipped

5 direct dependencies

side effects

🌟

TypeScript

0/10untyped

No type definitions available

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (5)

axios fs-extra tar toml unzipper

API access

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