Gitleaks creator returns with Betterleaks, an open source secrets scanner for the agentic era

Betterleaks is a new open-source secret-scanning tool from the creator of Gitleaks.

Betterleaks is positioned as the successor to Gitleaks with a reworked detection approach.

The project emphasizes faster scanning and greater control over development.

Betterleaks is sponsored by Aikido, a billion-dollar security startup that backs open source tooling.

Zach Rice is identified as the creator of both Gitleaks and Betterleaks.