thoughtworks/talisman
Using a pre-commit hook, Talisman validates the outgoing changeset for things that look suspicious — such as tokens, passwords, and private keys. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
66/100
- Activity 70
- Release rhythm 40
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 4.5
- age_days: 3915
- days_rel: 488
- days_push: 185
- n_releases_24m: 11
Adoption not part of the score
2096 stars · 252 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Talisman is a Go-based CLI tool that installs a git pre-commit/pre-push hook to scan outgoing changesets for potential secrets such as tokens, passwords, SSH keys, and private keys. It also includes a git history scanner to detect secrets already committed to a repository.
Use cases
- prevent secrets from being committed to git
- scan git history for leaked credentials
- detect ssh keys and tokens in changesets
- add secret scanning to pre-commit or husky hooks
- block suspicious files before pushing to remote
When to choose
- you want to stop secrets leaving developer workstations before they reach a remote
- you need a lightweight git hook-based secret scanner
- you want to audit existing repo history for committed secrets
When to avoid
- you need full repository-wide continuous secret scanning in CI at scale
- you need runtime secrets management or vaulting rather than detection
Facets
cli-tool · maturity active
security vulnerability-scanning cli developer-tools security developer-tools version-control privacy windows cli git-hooks pre-commit secrets-detection secret-scanning husky pre-push linux macos
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/thoughtworks/talisman · fetched 2026-08-28 · 16b07909822a
- homepage: http://thoughtworks.github.io/talisman/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 900e566aefee
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| thoughtworks/talisman | main | 66 |
For agents
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