Comparison
How does redact-secret compare?
Pick the question you came with. Each page shows what was recorded, in the same order for every tool.
Two kinds of tool
A runtime library and a repository scanner do different jobs, so each is compared only where the comparison means something.
Runtime libraries
Run inside your app and hide sensitive text as it passes through: logs, prompts, tool results.
- redact-secret · @redact-secret/core
- flare-redact
- OpenRedaction · @openredaction/core
Compared in Runtime and Features. Also in Accuracy, next to the scanners.
Repository scanners
Look through code, files and git history for secrets that were already committed.
- Gitleaks · command line
- TruffleHog · command line
Compared in Accuracy only. They scan files and history, not text at runtime, so they have no runtime numbers.
How we compare
Same inputEvery tool gets exactly the same text.
Made-up dataNo real person, account or key. Ever.
Pinned versionsEach result names the version and the date it ran.
No rankingWe record what happened. We never pick a winner.
Latest runsRuntime · 2026-10-07 · redact-secret 0.1.0-beta.14, flare-redact 1.6.1, OpenRedaction 1.1.5Features · docs read 2026-09-30, redact-secret 0.1.0-beta.14, flare-redact 1.6.1, OpenRedaction 1.1.5Accuracy · 2026-10-07 · published · redact-secret 0.1.0-beta.14 · official run of public-evidence-snapshot (7,036 cases)