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GitLeaks is considered "feature complete" and won't see any more new development according to its author. They suggest moving on to Betterleaks, which is a fork of the original GitLeaks codebase with less false negatives/false positives that now receives the full development efforts.
Sample File
[{
"RuleID": "generic-api-key",
"Description": "Detected a Generic API Key, potentially exposing access to various services and sensitive operations.",
"StartLine": 53,
"EndLine": 53,
"StartColumn": 9,
"EndColumn": 37,
"Match": "XXXXXXXXX",
"Secret": "XXXXXXXXX",
"Attributes": {
"confidence": "low",
"git.author_email": "XXXXXXX",
"git.author_name": "XXXXXXX",
"git.date": "2026-04-23T14:25:51Z",
"git.message": "",
"git.platform": "unknown",
"git.remote_url": "XXXXXXXX",
"git.sha": "XXXXXXXXX",
"path": "XXXXXXXXX",
"resource": "git.patch_content"
},
"Tags": [],
"Fingerprint": "XXXXXXX:file.cfg:generic-api-key:53",
"File": "file.cfg",
"SymlinkFile": "",
"Commit": "XXXXXXXX",
"Entropy": 3.625,
"Author": "XXXXXXXXXX",
"Email": "XXXXXXXXXX",
"Date": "2026-04-23T14:25:51Z",
"Message": ""
}]
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GitLeaks is considered "feature complete" and won't see any more new development according to its author. They suggest moving on to Betterleaks, which is a fork of the original GitLeaks codebase with less false negatives/false positives that now receives the full development efforts.
Sample File
[{ "RuleID": "generic-api-key", "Description": "Detected a Generic API Key, potentially exposing access to various services and sensitive operations.", "StartLine": 53, "EndLine": 53, "StartColumn": 9, "EndColumn": 37, "Match": "XXXXXXXXX", "Secret": "XXXXXXXXX", "Attributes": { "confidence": "low", "git.author_email": "XXXXXXX", "git.author_name": "XXXXXXX", "git.date": "2026-04-23T14:25:51Z", "git.message": "", "git.platform": "unknown", "git.remote_url": "XXXXXXXX", "git.sha": "XXXXXXXXX", "path": "XXXXXXXXX", "resource": "git.patch_content" }, "Tags": [], "Fingerprint": "XXXXXXX:file.cfg:generic-api-key:53", "File": "file.cfg", "SymlinkFile": "", "Commit": "XXXXXXXX", "Entropy": 3.625, "Author": "XXXXXXXXXX", "Email": "XXXXXXXXXX", "Date": "2026-04-23T14:25:51Z", "Message": "" }]