Gitleaks-Action

Gitleaks-Action is our official GitHub Action. You can use it to automatically run a gitleaks scan on all your team's pull requests and commits, or run on-demand scans. For a short demonstration of Gitleaks-Action, you can check out this GIF or read about the features in the readme.

Obtaining a Gitleaks-Action License

If you are scanning repos that belong to a GitHub personal account, then no license key is required. If you are scanning repos that belong to a GitHub organization account, then you'll have to obtain a free license below.

Free Organization License Key

Fill out Google Form to recieve an organization license.


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Comparison against other Secret Scanning products

Gitleaks-Action GitGuardian GitHub Advanced Security
Open Source/Source Available ✅ ❌ ❌
3rd Party code access ✅ None ❌ Requires you to send your code to their API No additional exposure if your source code is already hosted on GitHub
Single file configuration ✅ ❌ Requires UI ❌ Requires UI
Free ✅ ❌ Per developer pricing only ❌ Per developer pricing only