Show HN: Crenox – Fast Git Secret Scanner

Category: security

Tags: secret-scanning, git-hooks, security, go, cli-tool

Score: 5.0/10 (Innovation: 4, Technical: 6, Documentation: 5, Utility: 5)

Crenox is a Go-based Git secret scanner and pre-commit hook that uses a three-tier detection pipeline (Aho-Corasick pattern matching, Shannon entropy, and context classification) to catch API keys and credentials before commit. It positions itself as a faster, lower-resource alternative to Gitleaks and TruffleHog, with benchmarks and a statically compiled zero-dependency binary.

Target audience: backend devs, devops, security engineers

Repository: https://github.com/crenoxhq/crenox · Go · AGPL-3.0 · 29 stars

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