# gitleaks

**Licence:** MIT | **Language:** Go | **Source:** https://github.com/gitleaks/gitleaks

## Role

Secret scanning

## Why it's here

Catches API keys and credentials before they reach a repository. Run it as a pre-commit hook and stop leaks at the source.

## Running it

This is a CLI tool, not a service. Build it from source or pull the official image and run it against your own systems.

```bash
./fetch-sources.sh ./sources
tar xzf ./sources/gitleaks.tar.gz -C ./sources
```