# Install trufflehog

Find and verify credentials. Version 3.95.5 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-02.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:trufflehog
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install trufflehog
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install trufflehog
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: security/trufflehog/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#trufflehog
```

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

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install trufflehog
```

  Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: trufflehog from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst

### Windows

- Chocolatey (92%):

```sh
choco install trufflehog
```

  Evidence: Chocolatey community package catalog: trufflehog from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','tomcat'

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/trufflehog
```

  Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/trufflehog.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:trufflehog
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/trufflehog>
- **Version:** 3.95.5
- **Source summary:** Find and verify credentials
- **Homepage:** <https://trufflesecurity.com/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog#readme>
- **License:** AGPL-3.0-only
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/archive/refs/tags/v3.95.5.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-02T20:00:55Z
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- trufflehog (cli)
- trufflehog (alias)

## Build Dependencies

- go

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 3.95.5
- Package-manager updated: 2026-06-02
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog
- Upstream latest detected: v3.95.5 (current)

## セキュリティノート

no executable entrypoint in the package index.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- no executable entrypoint in the package index

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** trufflehog
- **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

- Nix - trufflehog: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/tr/trufflehog/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- zypper - trufflehog - 3.95.3-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: trufflehog from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst | CLI tool to find exposed secrets in source and archives | https://github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog
- MacPorts - trufflehog: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: security/trufflehog/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Chocolatey - trufflehog: normalized package name match | Chocolatey community package catalog: trufflehog from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','tomcat'
- Scoop - main/trufflehog: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/trufflehog.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1


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