# Install git-secrets

Prevents you from committing sensitive information to a git repo. Version 1.3.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:git-secrets
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install git-secrets
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install git-secrets
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: git-secrets from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install git-secrets
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: git-secrets from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#git-secrets
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gi/git-secrets/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:git-secrets
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/git-secrets>
- **Version:** 1.3.0
- **Source summary:** Prevents you from committing sensitive information to a git repo
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/awslabs/git-secrets>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/awslabs/git-secrets>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/awslabs/git-secrets#readme>
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/awslabs/git-secrets/archive/refs/tags/1.3.0.tar.gz>
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- git-secrets (cli)
- git-secrets (alias)

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on all

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 1.3.0
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/awslabs/git-secrets
- Upstream latest detected: 1.3.0 (current)
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.

## Notes de sécurité

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** git-secrets
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - git-secrets - 1.3.0-7: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: git-secrets from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Prevents accidental commits of credentials | https://github.com/awslabs/git-secrets
- Nix - git-secrets: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gi/git-secrets/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - git-secrets - 1.3.0-7: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: git-secrets from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Prevents accidental commits of credentials | https://github.com/awslabs/git-secrets
- dnf - git-secrets - 1.3.0-17.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: git-secrets from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst | Prevents committing secrets and credentials into git repos | https://github.com/awslabs/git-secrets/


## Related Links

- [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family.
- [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata.
- [Security and crypto packages](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/security-crypto-tools/) - Matched security, identity, cryptography, password, signing, or certificate metadata.
- [gitleaks](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/gitleaks/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, git, secret-scanning, security.
- [tartufo](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/tartufo/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, git, secret-scanning, security.
- [squealer](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/squealer/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, git, secret-scanning, security.
- [git-hound](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/git-hound/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, git, secret-scanning, security.
- [detect-secrets](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/detect-secrets/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, secret-scanning, security.
- [kingfisher](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/kingfisher/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, secret-scanning, security.
- [mantra](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/mantra/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, secret-scanning, security.
- [trufflehog](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/trufflehog/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, git, security.

## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph