praetorian-inc/noseyparker

Health v2 · maintenance only

Flags: archived

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2341 stars · 132 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Nosey Parker is a Rust-based command-line secrets scanner that finds credentials and sensitive information in files, directories, GitHub, and Git history using 188 high-precision regex rules with deduplication for low noise. It has been officially retired and replaced by Praetorian's successor project, Titus.

Use cases

• find leaked api keys and passwords in a git repository history
• scan a directory tree for hardcoded credentials before a release
• hunt for secrets during a red team engagement for lateral movement
• audit github organizations for exposed secrets
• deduplicate and triage secret findings from a large codebase scan
• run a secrets scan in ci or docker as part of devsecops

When to choose

• you need fast, high-signal secrets scanning of git history or large filesystems
• you want a grep-like cli for credential hunting on linux or macos
• you are doing offensive or defensive security testing and need field-tested rules

When to avoid

• you need a maintained tool - the project is retired in favor of Titus
• you need native Windows support
• you want a gui or continuous secret-scanning platform rather than a cli

Facets

cli-tool · maturity abandoned

security vulnerability-scanning search-engine cli security developer-tools penetration-testing cli rust secrets-detection credentials-scanning git-history-scanning devsecops red-team retired-project successor-titus devops linux macos docker

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