Who is leakhound for?

leakhound is an open-source project built for developers.

Does leakhound have a free plan?

Yes — leakhound is open source under the MIT license and free to use.

What platforms does leakhound run on?

leakhound runs on the command line.

Is leakhound still maintained?

The GitHub repository shows 5 commits in the last 90 days.

What projects are similar to leakhound?

Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include Track Debug, ZenPress, and StarPulse.

leakhound is developed by Makeph.

When did leakhound launch?

leakhound first shipped in 2026.

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leakhound

Name: leakhound
Author: Makeph

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leakhound is a fast, zero-dependency secret scanner written in C++17. It identifies AWS, GitHub, Slack, Stripe keys, PEM files, JWTs, and uses entropy heuristics. Designed as a single binary with CI-friendly exit codes, it helps prevent credential leaks.

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Overview

4 features

leakhound sits in PulseGate's Developer Tools category. It focuses on detecting accidentally committed secrets and credentials in source code and repositories. It is built as an open-source project for developers. The project is open source (MIT). It ships for the command line.

Behind leakhound is Makeph, and it first shipped in 2026. Development happens publicly on GitHub with 5 commits in the last 90 days. Among its 4 catalogued features are Secret Scanning, Entropy Detection, and CI Integration.

Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.

Secret Scanning
Entropy Detection
CI Integration
Single Binary

Built with & integrations

Runs on

CLI

Trust & compliance

License

MIT

Verified signals

HTTPSOpen Source GitHub · ★ 1Active maintenance

Indexing history

What PulseGate has recorded for this listing

Indexed23 Jul · 14:20 UTC
leakhound verified against its public source
Source: PulseGate · Open

Frequently asked questions about leakhound

What does leakhound do?: Leakhound focuses on detecting accidentally committed secrets and credentials in source code and repositories. It is catalogued under Developer Tools on PulseGate.
Who is leakhound for?: leakhound is an open-source project built for developers.
Does leakhound have a free plan?: Yes — leakhound is open source under the MIT license and free to use.
What platforms does leakhound run on?: leakhound runs on the command line.
Is leakhound still maintained?: The GitHub repository shows 5 commits in the last 90 days.
What projects are similar to leakhound?: Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include Track Debug, ZenPress, and StarPulse.Track Debug ZenPress StarPulse
Who makes leakhound?: leakhound is developed by Makeph.
When did leakhound launch?: leakhound first shipped in 2026.

At a glance

Platforms: Cli
Languages: English
Open source: Yes · ★ 1
License: MIT
First seen: 23 Jul 2026
Built for: developers
Model: Open source
Solves: Detecting accidentally committed secrets and credentials in source code and repositories.

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GitHub: Makeph/leakhound
PyPI: leakhound

Developer

Makeph

Solo developer

GitHub

Open source

View on GitHub

Stars: 1
Forks: 0
Open issues: 0
Last commit: 23 Jul 2026
Commits 90d: 5
Contributors: 1
Authorship: Solo
Default branch: main
Latest release: v0.1.0 · 23 Jul 2026

Live coverage

Identity confidence: Low · 64
Indexed: 23 Jul 2026
Lifecycle: Alive
First seen: Jul 2026
Last seen: 23 Jul 2026

Identity audit (13)

Slug: leakhound-pypi-org
Lifecycle state recorded: 23 Jul 2026
Verification state: Indexed for public listing
Listing state: Listed: yes
Index status: Included in index
Latest evidence snapshot: 23 Jul 2026
Timeline basis: Indexed-at chronology (no inferred launch/funding milestones).
Name from: Written by a language model from the project's public pages.
Category from: Assigned by a language model.
Summary from: Written by a language model from public pages.
Languages from: Detected by a language model from page content.
Last updated: 23 Jul 2026
Canonical URL: https://pypi.org/project/leakhound

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