TRUFFLEHOG(1)

📦 version 3.60.0, in ubuntu stonking

💖 TRUFFLEHOG 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the trufflehog manual page (it lives in the User Commands section of the manual, and yes it's literally called trufflehog, we love a self-titled era) 👑

✨ NAME ✨

trufflehog — find credentials and secrets in code repositories 🔍💀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

trufflehog [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]

that's the whole vibe: options first, then a command, then whatever args that command wants 🎀

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

TruffleHog scans various sources (filesystems, Git repositories, S3 buckets, etc.) for secrets, credentials, and other sensitive information.

basically it's the friend who goes through your whole closet and finds the stuff you thought you hid. except the closet is a filesystem or a repo and the stuff is, like, credentials. it's giving protective icon behavior 🛡️✨

👑 COMMANDS 👑

  • git — scan Git repositories for secrets 🧚
  • filesystem — scan a filesystem for secrets 🍓
  • s3 — scan AWS S3 buckets for secrets 🦋
  • github — scan GitHub organizations or repositories 🌈

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • --help — show the help message 🫶
  • --version — show version information ⭐
  • --debug — enable debug logging 🔥
  • --no-verification — disable API verification 🙈

🎀 EXAMPLES 🎀

scan a Git repository:

trufflehog git https://github.com/example/repo.git

scan a filesystem directory:

trufflehog filesystem /path/to/directory

🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

full documentation: https://github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog

💜 AUTHOR 💜

trufflehog was written by Truffle Security Co. 🫶

and that's the tea, bestie — this page is from the trufflehog manual, August 2026, and it's the TRUFFLEHOG(1) era. no cap, go scan something and stay safe out there 💖✨

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