Alternatives to detect-secrets
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. detect-secrets itself: install detect-secrets.
trivy
Find vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, secrets, SBOM in containers, Kubernetes, code repositories, clouds and more
git-secrets
Prevents you from committing secrets and credentials into git repositories
scc
Sloc, Cloc and Code: scc is a very fast accurate code counter with complexity calculations and COCOMO estimates written in pure Go
credo
A static code analysis tool for the Elixir language with a focus on code consistency and teaching
dep-tree
Tool for helping developers keep their code bases clean and decoupled. It allows visualising a code base complexity using a 3d force-directed graph of
git
Git Source Code Mirror - This is a publish-only repository but pull requests can be turned into patches to the mailing list via GitGitGadget (https://
prettier
Prettier is an opinionated code formatter
ruff
An extremely fast Python linter and code formatter, written in Rust
fd
A simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to 'find'
black
The uncompromising Python code formatter
VSCodium
binary releases of VS Code without MS branding/telemetry/licensing
eslint
Find and fix problems in your JavaScript code
cloc
cloc counts blank lines, comment lines, and physical lines of source code in many programming languages
sops
Simple and flexible tool for managing secrets
diff-so-fancy
Make your diffs human readable for improved code quality and faster defect detection. :tada:
Orca Slicer Nightly
G-code generator for 3D printers (Bambu, Prusa, Voron, VzBot, RatRig, Creality, etc.)
swiftgen
The Swift code generator for your assets, storyboards, Localizable.strings, … — Get rid of all String-based APIs!
kubeseal
A Kubernetes controller and tool for one-way encrypted Secrets
retdec
RetDec is a retargetable machine-code decompiler based on LLVM
bandit
Bandit is a tool designed to find common security issues in Python code
sourcery
Meta-programming for Swift, stop writing boilerplate code
arxiv_latex_cleaner
arXiv LaTeX Cleaner: Easily clean the LaTeX code of your paper to submit to arXiv
IPFS Desktop
An unobtrusive and user-friendly desktop application for IPFS on Windows, Mac and Linux
magic_enum
Static reflection for enums (to string, from string, iteration) for modern C++, work with any enum type without any macro or boilerplate code
How we picked these
We match on what the tool does and how it installs, then order by how widely each project is used. We're not saying these are better or worse than detect-secrets — that depends on what you're building. We're saying they're the projects people reach for in the same situations, and each one has an install command we checked against its documentation.
detect-secrets is developed by its own authors and this page is an independent reference; we are not affiliated with or sponsored by any project listed, and nothing here is a paid placement.