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SecretScout — API Key & Secret Detector
Catch exposed API keys and secrets while you browse
SecretScout scans pages you visit for accidentally exposed API keys (OpenAI, AWS, Stripe, GitHub, Google) in DOM, scripts and network responses. 100% local — nothing leaves your browser. Built for developers and security engineers who care about credential hygiene.
Hi Product Hunt! 👋 SecretScout started as a personal itch — I kept finding exposed API keys on staging sites and internal dashboards during security reviews. So I built a passive, always-on scanner that runs entirely in your browser. No server, no uploads, no account. Would love your feedback on what secret formats to add next!
runs quietly in the background and caught a stray OpenAI key in an old codepen of mine that i had no idea was live. the local-only angle is the part that actually sold me on installing it.
Tried it on a few random dev docs pages and honestly it caught a couple of test tokens i had no idea were lurking in the network tab. The fact that it stays local is a really nice touch.
That's exactly what SecretScout is built for — glad it caught something real!
A forgotten Stripe key in a script is a classic one. Thanks for trying it out
and taking the time to leave a review 🙏
Tried it on a couple of my own dev tools pages and it actually flagged a Stripe key I forgot was hardcoded in a script. Love that it runs entirely local, no setup beyond the extension.
About SecretScout — API Key & Secret Detector on Product Hunt
“Catch exposed API keys and secrets while you browse”
SecretScout — API Key & Secret Detector was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 0 upvotes and 5 comments, placing #131 on the daily leaderboard. SecretScout scans pages you visit for accidentally exposed API keys (OpenAI, AWS, Stripe, GitHub, Google) in DOM, scripts and network responses. 100% local — nothing leaves your browser. Built for developers and security engineers who care about credential hygiene.
SecretScout — API Key & Secret Detector was featured in Chrome Extensions (52.7k followers), Developer Tools (515.9k followers) and Security (2.8k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 95.2k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted SecretScout — API Key & Secret Detector?
SecretScout — API Key & Secret Detector was hunted by Remco van den Ham. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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