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| Metric | ggshield | Gitleaks | TruffleHog | detect-secrets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stars | 2k | 30.9k | 29k | 4.7k |
| Weekly downloads | 55.9k | n/a | n/a | 2.6M |
| Download growth | +32% | n/a | n/a | +35% |
| Popularity score | 59/100 | 82/100 | 81/100 | 73/100 |
| Forks | 221 | 2.4k | 2.7k | 579 |
| Open issues | 57 | 537 | 601 | 193 |
| Last commit | 1d ago | 2w ago | 6d ago | 7mo ago |
| Latest version | 1.56.1Oct 26, 2026 | n/a | n/a | 1.5.0May 6, 2024 |
| License | MIT | MIT | AGPL-3.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| First released | 2020 | 2018 | 2016 | 2017 |
| Signals | None | Popular | Popular | None |
| Listed in | Security & Identity › Secret scanning | Security & Identity › Secret scanning | Security & Identity › Secret scanning | Security & Identity › Secret scanning |
Hover for exact values; switch to log scale for tools of very different sizes. Not shown (no comparable download data): Gitleaks, TruffleHog.