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GitGuardian is the 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 for securing the credentials that let code, machines, and AI agents access systems and act as trusted identities. When secrets leak, attackers don't need to break in; they can 𝗹𝗼𝗴 𝗶𝗻.
GitGuardian finds the secrets that matter across your entire secrets surface, inside and outside the perimeter, reveals their context and blast radius, and drives remediation at scale before one credential becomes a breach path.
Trusted by over 𝟲𝟬𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀 and recognized as the #𝟭 most-installed security 𝗮𝗽𝗽 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗶𝘁𝗛𝘂𝗯 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲, GitGuardian is the choice of leading organizations like Snowflake, ING, BASF, and Bouygues Telecom, ensuring robust protection for their sensitive secrets. We offer multiple tools to help keep secrets safe and out of source code:
We offer multiple tools to help keep secrets safe and out of source code:
- Internal Secrets Monitoring Detect hardcoded credentials across your private repositories, CI/CD pipelines, container images, cloud configs, and collaboration tools like Slack, Jira, and Confluence, with 500+ detectors and live validity checks that confirm each secret is active.
- Public Secrets Monitoring GitGuardian monitors public GitHub round the clock for your secrets and sensitive data. We catch the leaks, you stop the intrusions.
- Developer Endpoint Protection Extend coverage to the developer machine itself: config files, shell history, MCP configs, and files persisted by AI coding agents like Claude Code, Cursor, and Copilot. AI Hooks add runtime guardrails inside the agents, checking prompts before they are sent.
- NHI Governance Discover every Non-Human Identity (NHI) behind your credentials: service accounts, API keys, tokens, and machine credentials. Attribute ownership, score risk, and surface continuous compliance evidence across your entire infrastructure.
In addition to our monitoring platform offerings, GitGuardian is also proud to offer several open source tools found in this GitHub org. You can find more about these and future projects by visiting GitGuardian Labs:
- ggshield A CLI application that runs in your local environment or in a CI environment to help you detect more than 400 types of secrets, as well as other potential security vulnerabilities or policy breaks.
- ggcanary A simple Terraform configuration to create and manage GitGuardian Canary Tokens used to monitor for unauthorized access or tampering.
- Keep up to date with the latest GitGuardian news by visiting the GitGuardian Newsroom
- State of Secrets Sprawl Report: Our annual research report on secrets leakage across public and private repositories. In 2025 alone, 28.65 million new hardcoded secrets were added to public GitHub, a 34% year-over-year increase.
- Come hang out with us at an upcoming event. See when the GitGuardian team will be coming to a conference near you!
- GitGuardian Blog: Read in-depth articles about DevSecOps, Security Best Practices, Secrets Detection, NHI Security and a lot more!
- Subscribe to us on YouTube to learn all about security best practices and keep up with industry trends.
- Follow us on X to get the latest updates from the GitGuardian team and stay current on community news.
- Find us on Bluesky as well, if that's more your platform.
- Follow us on LinkedIn to connect to the GitGuardian team!
- Drop us a line. Got a question? The team is glad to get you an answer! Don't be shy and tell us what is on your mind.
We are hiring! If you have a passion for security and helping developers keep their secrets safe, check out our Careers page and join us!
