ggshield

A CLI application to help secure your software development lifecycle.

Runs as ggshield|macOS, Linux, Windows|docs.gitguardian.com

Open form in Otty otty.toml

Command form

ai-draft · 1 task · 3 fields

Scan files or a repository for leaked secrets. Authentication, hooks, Docker and PyPI scans are left out.

Opens the form; the finished command lands at your prompt, unrun

Run in Otty

otty gui ggshield

`ggshield secret scan path`

Scan files and directories

Scan files and directoriesExample values, fixed in this page — nothing here reaches a terminal

Basic

Files or directories*

any

Recurse into directories

-r

Verbose output

--verbose

TasksEach one presets the form for one job

Scan a directory recursively

pathsrecursiveverbose

ParametersOnly these flags are editable in the form

Recurse into directories

boolean

-r

Verbose output

boolean

--verbose-v

Files or directories

path · positional 0 · repeatable

SourcesEvery flag above is checked against these

readme

- in files: `ggshield secret scan path -r .` Lines that are too long are truncated to match the size of the terminal, unless the verbose mode is used (`-v` or `--verbose`).

help2026-10-27

github.com

Before it fills your prompt, Otty checks the installed ggshield against its version. A form that does not match your version is not offered.