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gitleaks mit Homebrew, apk, chocolatey, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper, scoop, winget installieren

Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für gitleaks in AI-Agent-Workflows.

Installation

Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Homebrewverifiziert · 100%
brew install gitleaks

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverifiziert · 94%
sudo port install gitleaks

MacPorts ports tree · security/gitleaks/Portfile · Quelle: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverifiziert · 92%
sudo apk add gitleaks

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · gitleaks · Quelle: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Debian aptverifiziert · 92%
sudo apt install gitleaks

Debian stable package indexes · gitleaks · Quelle: deb.debian.org

Fedora dnfverifiziert · 92%
sudo dnf install gitleaks

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · gitleaks · Quelle: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverifiziert · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#gitleaks

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/gi/gitleaks/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverifiziert · 92%
sudo pacman -S gitleaks

Arch Linux sync databases · gitleaks · Quelle: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

openSUSE zypperverifiziert · 92%
sudo zypper install gitleaks

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · gitleaks · Quelle: download.opensuse.org

Windows

Chocolateyverifiziert · 92%
choco install gitleaks

Chocolatey community package catalog · gitleaks · Quelle: community.chocolatey.org

Scoopverifiziert · 92%
scoop install main/gitleaks

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/gitleaks.json · Quelle: api.github.com

Windows Package Managerverifiziert · 92%
winget install --id Gitleaks.Gitleaks -e

Windows Package Manager source index · Gitleaks.Gitleaks · Quelle: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

Überblick

Paketzusammenfassung

Audit git repos for secrets

Verlauf

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

Gitleaks is an open-source secret scanner for Git repositories, files, directories, and standard input. It is best known as a fast CLI that can run locally, in pre-commit hooks, in containers, or in CI before leaked credentials reach shared history.

Projektgeschichte

The GitHub repository was created in January 2018 and grew around a rule-based scanner for passwords, API keys, and tokens. The project is written in Go and ships a default TOML configuration containing detection rules and allowlists.

The v8 command model consolidated scanning around git, dir, and stdin modes, while older detect and protect commands were hidden for compatibility. The README later described the project as feature complete, with security patches as the maintenance focus and Betterleaks named as the author's new direction.

Adoptionsgeschichte

Gitleaks gained strong adoption in the DevSecOps ecosystem because it fits several control points: developer workstations, pre-commit hooks, pull-request checks, scheduled repository scans, and containerized CI jobs. The project homepage cites large Docker, GitHub release, and Homebrew usage figures, and the GitHub repository has a large star and fork count.

The official Gitleaks GitHub Action widened adoption by giving teams a hosted-CI path for scanning pull requests and commits without writing their own wrapper around the CLI.

Wie es verwendet wird

Practitioners use gitleaks git to scan repository history, gitleaks dir to scan working trees or exported source, and gitleaks stdin for pipeline streams. Baseline reports let teams suppress already-known findings while failing builds for newly introduced secrets.

Teams customize .gitleaks.toml when they need organization-specific rules, allowlists, report formats, or redaction behavior. In package-manager workflows, the single binary makes it easy to add secret scanning to local development and CI images without a language runtime.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

Gitleaks is a package-manager favorite because it is a Go security utility with broad platform binaries, Docker images, a pre-commit hook, and an official action. That combination makes it easy to pin in reproducible developer environments and CI toolchains.

Zeitleiste

  • 2018: The gitleaks/gitleaks repository was created.
  • 2022: v8-era releases emphasized the newer git, dir, and stdin scanning modes.
  • 2024: v8.19.0 hid the older detect and protect commands in favor of the newer command names.
  • 2026: The README described Gitleaks as feature complete, with future releases focused on security patches.

Related projects

  • Gitleaks Action is the official GitHub Action for running scans on pull requests, commits, or on demand.
  • Betterleaks is named by the maintainer as the follow-on project receiving new feature work.

Sicherheitslage

Risikostufe: grün

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risikoklassifikator

grün Risiko · niedrig Konfidenz · appliance

Warum

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signale

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Installationsverhalten

  • In den Formelmetadaten ist kein Homebrew-Post-install-Hook erfasst.
  • Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten sind für 6 Plattformziele verfügbar.
  • Build-Metadaten listen 1 Build-Abhängigkeiten.

Empfohlene Prüfung

Prüfe vor unbeaufsichtigter Agent-Nutzung, ob das Tool Klartext-Credentials liest, Remote-Zustand schreibt, Artefakte veröffentlicht oder Plugins ausführt.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix
(target path)/.gitleaks.toml

Executables

Installierte Executables

BefehlArtSichtbarkeitHinweis
gitleakscliglobales Executable

Aktualität

Version und Aktualität

Diese Signale trennen das Alter der Seitengenerierung, Aktivität des Paketmanagers und Upstream-Release-Vergleich. Versionsrückstand wird nur gemeldet, wenn eine Evidenz-URL und vergleichbare Versionen vorhanden sind.

Seite generiert2026-07-25
Manager-Version8.30.1
Manager aktualisiert
lokale DatenOK
Upstreamaktuell
neueste erkannte Versionv8.30.1

https://github.com/gitleaks/gitleaks

  • InfoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.niedrig Konfidenz

Installationsmetadaten

Paketmetadaten

Paketschlüsselbrew:gitleaks
Version8.30.1
PaketmanagerHomebrew
Paketmanager-Seitehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gitleaks
Homepagehttps://gitleaks.io/
Repositoryhttps://github.com/gitleaks/gitleaks
Upstream-Dokumentationhttps://github.com/gitleaks/gitleaks#readme
LizenzMIT
Quellarchivhttps://github.com/gitleaks/gitleaks/archive/refs/tags/v8.30.1.tar.gz
Build-Abhängigkeitengo
Bottleverfügbar (auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnicht definiert
Dienstkeiner deklariert

Registry-Fakten

Details aus der Quelldatenbank

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namegitleaks
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

Source-Datenbank-Treffer

Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.

Debian apt95%

gitleaks 8.16.0-1+b12

protect and discover secrets using Gitleaks 🔑

https://github.com/gitleaks/gitleaks

sudo apt install gitleaks
  • Section: utils
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: gitleaks
  • 1 Abhängigkeiten
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Gitleaks
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: gitleaks from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

gitleaks

nix profile install nixpkgs#gitleaks
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Gitleaks
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gi/gitleaks/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Ubuntu apt95%

gitleaks 8.16.0-1build1

protect and discover secrets using Gitleaks 🔑

https://github.com/gitleaks/gitleaks

sudo apt install gitleaks
  • Section: universe/utils
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 1 Abhängigkeiten
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Gitleaks
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: gitleaks from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
apk95%

gitleaks 8.30.1-r0

Audit Git repos for secrets and keys

https://github.com/gitleaks/gitleaks

sudo apk add gitleaks
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: gitleaks
  • 1 Abhängigkeiten
  • 1 stellt bereit
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Gitleaks
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gitleaks from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

gitleaks-bash-completion 8.30.1-r0

Bash completions for gitleaks

https://github.com/gitleaks/gitleaks

sudo apk add gitleaks-bash-completion
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: gitleaks
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Gitleaks
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gitleaks-bash-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

gitleaks-doc 8.30.1-r0

Audit Git repos for secrets and keys (documentation)

https://github.com/gitleaks/gitleaks

sudo apk add gitleaks-doc
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: gitleaks
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Gitleaks
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gitleaks-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

gitleaks-fish-completion 8.30.1-r0

Fish completions for gitleaks

https://github.com/gitleaks/gitleaks

sudo apk add gitleaks-fish-completion
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: gitleaks
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Gitleaks
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gitleaks-fish-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

gitleaks-zsh-completion 8.30.1-r0

Zsh completions for gitleaks

https://github.com/gitleaks/gitleaks

sudo apk add gitleaks-zsh-completion
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: gitleaks
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Gitleaks
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gitleaks-zsh-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
dnf95%

gitleaks 8.30.1-1.fc45

Scan git repos (or files) for secrets using regex and entropy

https://github.com/zricethezav/gitleaks

sudo dnf install gitleaks
  • License: 0BSD AND Apache-2.0 AND BSD-2-Clause AND BSD-3-Clause AND ISC AND MIT AND MPL-2.0
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: gitleaks
  • 4 Abhängigkeiten
  • 2 stellt bereit
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Gitleaks
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: gitleaks from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
pacman95%

gitleaks 8.30.1-1

Audit Git repos for secrets and keys

https://github.com/gitleaks/gitleaks

sudo pacman -S gitleaks
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • 1 Abhängigkeiten
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Gitleaks
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: gitleaks from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
zypper95%

gitleaks 8.30.1-1.1

Protect and discover secrets using Gitleaks

https://github.com/gitleaks/gitleaks

sudo zypper install gitleaks
  • License: MIT
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: gitleaks
  • 1 Abhängigkeiten
  • 1 stellt bereit
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Gitleaks
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: gitleaks from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

gitleaks-bash-completion 8.30.1-1.1

Bash Completion for gitleaks

https://github.com/gitleaks/gitleaks

sudo zypper install gitleaks-bash-completion
  • License: MIT
  • Category: System/Shells
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: gitleaks
  • 2 Abhängigkeiten
  • 1 stellt bereit
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Gitleaks
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: gitleaks-bash-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

gitleaks-fish-completion 8.30.1-1.1

Fish Completion for gitleaks

https://github.com/gitleaks/gitleaks

sudo zypper install gitleaks-fish-completion
  • License: MIT
  • Category: System/Shells
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: gitleaks
  • 1 Abhängigkeiten
  • 1 stellt bereit
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Gitleaks
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: gitleaks-fish-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

gitleaks-zsh-completion 8.30.1-1.1

Zsh Completion for gitleaks

https://github.com/gitleaks/gitleaks

sudo zypper install gitleaks-zsh-completion
  • License: MIT
  • Category: System/Shells
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: gitleaks
  • 1 Abhängigkeiten
  • 1 stellt bereit
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Gitleaks
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: gitleaks-zsh-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
MacPorts95%

gitleaks

sudo port install gitleaks
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Gitleaks
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: security/gitleaks/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Chocolatey95%

gitleaks

choco install gitleaks
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Gitleaks
Chocolatey community package catalog · community.chocolatey.org · Chocolatey community package catalog: gitleaks from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='7.3136','buttercup'

Quellspur

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Verwendete Quellen

  • Geiger risk classifier
  • Nucleus package database
  • av.db category and tag curation
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated configuration and credential file locations
  • curated package history
  • external package-manager database matches
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment