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conductor vs gitleaks
conductor has 32,207 GitHub stars, 1,010 forks, 253 open issues and last shipped yesterday. gitleaks has 29,364 stars, 2,236 forks, 481 open issues and last shipped 9 days ago. conductor leads on adoption by 10% (32,207 vs 29,364 stars). conductor is written in Java under Apache-2.0; gitleaks is written in Go under MIT. conductor has attracted 3% as many forks as stars, gitleaks 8%. conductor was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| conductor | gitleaks | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 32K | ★ 29K |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Written in | Java | Go |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-09 |
| Forks | ⑂ 1.0K | ⑂ 2.2K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick conductor if
- You weight community size — 32K stars and counting
- You want the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Java
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick gitleaks if
- You want the gitleaks feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You evaluated both and gitleaks fits your workflow better
About conductor
Conductor is an Apache 2.0 licensed, event driven agentic workflow engine written in Java that provides durable and highly resilient execution for applications and AI agents, aimed at teams running microservices, AI agents, and adaptive workflow graphs that need orchestration they can version, inspect, and recover.
read the full conductor overview →
About gitleaks
Gitleaks is an MIT licensed, Go based command line tool that detects hardcoded secrets such as passwords, API keys, and tokens in git repositories, files, and standard input, and it serves developers and security teams that need to keep credentials out of source control.
read the full gitleaks overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is conductor or gitleaks more popular?
conductor has 32,207 GitHub stars and gitleaks has 29,364. conductor has the larger community by that measure.
Are conductor and gitleaks free?
Both are open source. conductor is licensed under Apache-2.0 and gitleaks under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between conductor and gitleaks?
conductor is written in Java and gitleaks in Go. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, conductor or gitleaks?
Choose conductor if you want the larger community (32,207 stars) or its Apache-2.0 licence terms. Choose gitleaks if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.