# praetorian-inc/noseyparker

Nosey Parker is a command-line tool that finds secrets and sensitive information in textual data and Git history.

Repository: https://github.com/praetorian-inc/noseyparker
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/noseyparker
Language: Rust
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: credentials, devsecops, penetration-testing, rust, scanner, security, security-tools, secrets, secrets-detection, noseyparker
Archived: true
Last push: 2026-02-21T13:04:04+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 68, release rhythm 28, longevity 99
- inputs: {"age_days": 1394, "days_push": 193, "days_rel": 482, "gap_med": 42.5, "n_releases_24m": 5}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2341, forks 132 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:38.861483+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: abandoned
- function: security, vulnerability-scanning, search-engine, cli
- domain: security, developer-tools, penetration-testing
- platform: cli, rust
- tags: secrets-detection, credentials-scanning, git-history-scanning, devsecops, red-team, retired-project, successor-titus, devops, linux, macos, docker

## Member repositories
- praetorian-inc/noseyparker (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:38.861483+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:37:23.374366+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/praetorian-inc/noseyparker (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:38.861483+00:00, sha 2611c60ef198)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.