Truffle Security

Open-source secrets scanner — TruffleHog

Security & Safety Open Source Has API Open Source
Researched · Published
RECATOOLS Score
7.4 / 10
Capability
8
Value for money
8
Ease of use
7
ASEAN readiness
6
API quality
6
Founded
2018
HQ
San Francisco, California, USA
Users
Launched
Developer

Overview

Truffle Security builds TruffleHog, the most-used open-source secrets scanner — 95K+ GitHub stars. Commercial tier adds enterprise features: SAML, audit logs, large-scale scanning. Used to scan git history, Slack, Confluence, S3 buckets and more.

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Pricing

Pricing shown for reference only. These figures reflect RECATOOLS research as of 20 May 2026 and may be out of date or incomplete. This is not financial or purchasing advice — always confirm the current price on the provider’s official website before making any decision.

Free
Free
Free tier with core features.

Use cases

Git history scanning Slack secret scanning S3 scanning
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ASEAN Perspective

Truffle Security in Southeast Asia

ASEAN-region availability and pricing notes coming soon. Drop the editorial team a note via /contact/ if you can supply local context (Singapore/Malaysia/Indonesia/Thailand/Vietnam).

RECATOOLS Verdict

Truffle Security is best known for TruffleHog, a widely adopted open-source secrets scanner that detects leaked credentials and API keys across git history, repos, filesystems and CI/CD, with live verification of found secrets. The open core is a genuine industry standard for secrets detection, complemented by a paid enterprise platform.

It suits security and DevOps teams embedding secrets scanning into pipelines, plus solo developers via the free CLI. Caveats: high signal-to-noise depends on tuning to avoid false positives, the enterprise SaaS pricing is sales-led, and it is a detection tool, not full secrets management/remediation. Strong CLI and integrations stand in for a polished API. Open-source and globally accessible, fully usable in ASEAN.

Independent AI-assisted assessment by RECATOOLS.

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