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gitleaks vs origin
gitleaks has 30,603 GitHub stars, 2,330 forks, 481 open issues and last shipped 6 days ago. origin has 8,692 stars, 4,806 forks, 319 open issues and last shipped yesterday. gitleaks leads on adoption by 252% (30,603 vs 8,692 stars). gitleaks is written in Go under MIT; origin is written in Go under Apache-2.0. gitleaks has attracted 8% as many forks as stars, origin 55%. origin was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 2 topic tags (ci-cd, go), 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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| gitleaks | origin | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 31K | ★ 8.7K |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Written in | Go | Go |
| Last push | 2026-10-28 | 2026-11-02 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.3K | ⑂ 4.8K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick gitleaks if
- You weight community size — 31K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick origin if
- You want the origin feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You evaluated both and origin fits your workflow better
About gitleaks
Gitleaks [!WARNING] Gitleaks is feature complete. I'm not merging new features into Gitleaks. Future releases will be security patches only. I'm shifting my focus to Betterleaks [license]: ./LICENSE [badge license]: [go docs badge]: [go docs]: [badge build]: [build]: [go report card badge]: [go report card]: [dockerhub]: [dockerhub badge]: [gitleaks action]: [gitleaks badge]: [![GitHub Action Test][badge build]][build] [![Docker Hub][dockerhub badge]][dockerhub] [![Gitleaks Action][gitleaks badge]][gitleaks action] [![GoDoc][go docs badge]][go docs] [![GoReportCard][go report card badge]][go report card]…
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About origin
Origin Kubernetes ================= This repo was previously the core Kubernetes tracking repo for OKD, and where OpenShift's hyperkube and openshift test binaries were maintained. As of July 2020, the purpose and maintenance strategy of the repo varies by branch. Maintenance of main and release x.x branches for 4.6 and above These branches no longer include the code required to produce hyperkube binaries, and are limited to maintaining the openshift tests binary. Responsibility for maintaining hyperkube has transitioned to the openshift/kubernetes repo. Backports and carries against upstream should be proposed…
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Frequently asked questions
Is gitleaks or origin more popular?
gitleaks has 30,603 GitHub stars and origin has 8,692. gitleaks has the larger community by that measure.
Are gitleaks and origin free?
Both are open source. gitleaks is licensed under MIT and origin under Apache-2.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between gitleaks and origin?
gitleaks is written in Go and origin 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 origin?
Choose gitleaks if you want the larger community (30,603 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose origin if its feature set, stack or Apache-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.