# Install gitleaks-secret-scanner with npm

A powerful, intelligent wrapper for the Gitleaks engine that provides accurate and safe secret scanning for local pre-commit hooks and CI/CD pipelines. Version 2.1.1 via npm; verified 2026-01-15.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:gitleaks-secret-scanner
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g gitleaks-secret-scanner
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:gitleaks-secret-scanner
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/gitleaks-secret-scanner>
- **Version:** 2.1.1
- **Source summary:** A powerful, intelligent wrapper for the Gitleaks engine that provides accurate and safe secret scanning for local pre-commit hooks and CI/CD pipelines.
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/criisv7/gitleaks-secret-scanner#readme>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/criisv7/gitleaks-secret-scanner>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/criisv7/gitleaks-secret-scanner#readme>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/gitleaks-secret-scanner/-/gitleaks-secret-scanner-2.1.1.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/criisv7/gitleaks-secret-scanner/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-01-15T09:54:27.699Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-01-15T09:54:27.699Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- gitleaks-secret-scanner (cli)
- gitleaks-secret-scanner (alias)

## Dependencies

- axios
- fs-extra
- tar
- toml
- unzipper

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: defined
- Lifecycle scripts: postinstall
- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 2.1.1
- Package-manager updated: 2026-01-15
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/criisv7/gitleaks-secret-scanner
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for gitleaks-secret-scanner. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Beta: 2.0.0-beta.1, Latest: 2.1.1
- **Version Count:** 7
- **Maintainers:** the-codepocalypse
- **Author:** Vijay Kumar
- **Publisher:** the-codepocalypse
- **Engines:** Node: >=18
- **Peer Dependencies:** husky
- **Integrity:** sha512-Hk0hQHqgcOG+6hy4W8cMIuIVRQgA2PPjqOo2ryrlmsu0rOVM2wXAIpDTtsz82Ngx95UZnQMZTTsHUt5jfo0Fnw==
- **Shasum:** 104561c262fb9c9a125551f9fa0b2cc98ee079e5
- **Unpacked Size:** 176,956
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2025-06-25T06:33:07.136Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-01-15T09:54:27.699Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-01-15T09:54:27.866Z


## Related links

- [Security and crypto packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/security-crypto-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [browserstack-cypress-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/browserstack-cypress-cli/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: axios, commit, extra, fs-extra, git.
- [gitlab-ci-local](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/gitlab-ci-local/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: axios, cd, ci, extra, fs-extra.
- [git-hound](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/git-hound/) - Security-sensitive metadata or terminology overlaps. Shared terms: commit, git, pre, pre-commit, scanning.

## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- package relationship graph
- cross-ecosystem install command graph