GitGuardian vs Secret Sentinel
GitGuardian is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑27.
GitGuardian is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by GitGuardian. No marketplace we read lists it any more. Secret Sentinel is an MCP server published by AleBrito124356. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-27. A plugin in this pair is no longer listed on any marketplace we read, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace |  Secret Sentinel | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace gitguardian/agent-skills | Removed on 2026-10-27 Version: 0.6.2 Forks (GitHub): 2 Stars (GitHub): 11 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.3.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 3 Not marked · First seen |
Each figure is the marketplace's own and is never added up across marketplaces. A marketplace that publishes no figure shows none: no number is not zero.
The facts side by side
| Fact | GitGuardianno longer listed · | Secret Sentinel |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 0 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 11 | 3 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 2 | 0 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Remote server (mcp.gitguardian.com/mcp) | On your machine (mcp-secret-sentinel) |
| Transport (differs) | Streamable HTTP | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 7 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/gitguardian/agent-skills | github.com/alebrito124356/mcp-secret-sentinel |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 2 | 0 |
| First seen | 2026-10-19 | 2026-10-19 |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. No value is marked better or worse: a plugin no marketplace lists any more is shown with its last known data, which we do not rank against current figures.
What to use instead of GitGuardian
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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Infisical Secret Scanning — detecting leaked credentials in GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket repositories and locally with the `infisical scan` CLI, plus AWS honey tokens.
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Agentic-Security is a powerful Claude Code plugin that automatically performs Application Security Testing (SAST, SCA, secrets detection, and more). Think of it as the easy button…
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Scan text and git diffs for committed credentials using real vendor key formats plus entropy.
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Scan codebases for LLM/AI SDK usage, exposed API tokens, and hardcoded secrets.
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Scans code changes for leaked secrets and insecure config, with actionable fixes for AI agents.
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env-secret-exposure-analyzer-mcp io.github.vola-trebla/env-secret-exposure-analyzer-mcp
Scans projects for secret exposure: leaked API keys, unprotected .env files, and secrets in logs.
What each says it does
GitGuardian
The official GitGuardian plugin for AI coding agents. Detects 700+ hardcoded secret types across files, git history, Docker images, and PyPI packages via the ggshield CLI; plants AWS honeytoken tripwires for the leaks scanning can't catch; and surfaces live incidents in your editor via the bundled GitGuardian Developer MCP server.
Secret Sentinel
Local secret guardrails: scan code, git changes and MCP configs for API keys; redact text
How to run each
GitGuardian
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
Secret Sentinel As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --transport stdio mcp-secret-sentinel -- uvx mcp-secret-sentinelCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
Neither one's marketplaces publish a list of tools, so there is nothing to compare.
Settings each asks for
Neither one's marketplaces publish the settings it asks for.
What it can do: GitGuardian · What it can do: Secret Sentinel · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.