Betterleaks Next-Generation Secrets Scanner

A fast, configurable secrets scanner built by the creator of Gitleaks and backed by Aikido Security. Betterleaks detects leaked passwords, API keys, and tokens in git repositories, directories, and stdin with CEL-based validation and parallelized scanning.

Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:

• brew install betterleaks
• brew install betterleaks/tap/betterleaks
• docker pull ghcr.io/betterleaks/betterleaks:latest
• git clone https://github.com/betterleaks/betterleaks

Basic usage or getting-started notes:

• Package managers

• Fedora Linux

• sudo dnf install betterleaks

• Source: https://github.com/betterleaks/betterleaks

• Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/betterleaks/betterleaks/HEAD/README.md

Source

• Agent Skill Exchange