How to install trufflehog

Trufflehog is a scanner looking for credentials committed to repositories. This page carries no procedure of its own; it records what the project is and what to look at before touching it.

Distribution in practice

Nothing universal applies here. Maintainers normally spell out the supported options, and the answer can differ between platforms and between releases.

Who is behind it

Ownership sits with the project's own contributors. Release cadence, supported platforms and documentation are all decided by them, and none of it is mediated here.

Before touching anything

Start from the support matrix. It narrows over time, and assumptions made years ago often no longer hold.

Reading the outcome

When results differ from expectations, check what is actually being picked up. Duplicate copies and stale caches are the usual explanation.

About these notes

Only text is published from this domain. Each project remains exactly where its authors put it.

On reading release notes

Release notes are the cheapest way to catch a breaking change before it surprises you. They usually list platform shifts and removed defaults in the first few lines.