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gitleaks vs Inngest
gitleaks has 29,364 GitHub stars, 2,236 forks, 481 open issues and last shipped 9 days ago. Inngest has 5,841 stars, 357 forks, 234 open issues and last shipped yesterday. gitleaks leads on adoption by 403% (29,364 vs 5,841 stars). gitleaks is written in Go under MIT; Inngest is written in Go under a custom or non-standard licence. gitleaks has attracted 8% as many forks as stars, Inngest 6%. Inngest was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (cli), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
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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Side by side
| gitleaks | Inngest | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 29K | ★ 5.8K |
| License | MIT | Custom / other |
| Written in | Go | Go |
| Last push | 2026-09-09 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.2K | ⑂ 357 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick gitleaks if
- You weight community size — 29K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Inngest if
- You want the Inngest feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You evaluated both and Inngest fits your workflow better
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 →
About Inngest
Inngest is an open source workflow orchestration platform that lets developers write durable, event driven step functions in their existing language SDKs and run them on serverless, long running servers, or the edge.
read the full Inngest overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is gitleaks or Inngest more popular?
gitleaks has 29,364 GitHub stars and Inngest has 5,841. gitleaks has the larger community by that measure.
Are gitleaks and Inngest free?
Both are open source. gitleaks is licensed under MIT, and Inngest has no licence declared in this registry. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between gitleaks and Inngest?
gitleaks is written in Go and Inngest 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, gitleaks or Inngest?
Choose gitleaks if you want the larger community (29,364 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose Inngest if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.