GitGuardian API

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Provides a REST API to scan text content for secrets (API keys, passwords, certificates) and manage secret incident data in a GitGuardian workspace.

The GitGuardian API API uses api key authentication; has freemium pricing; offers a free tier (Free plan: 10,000 API calls/month); rate limits: Personal access token: 50 req/min (Free), 200 (Business), 2000 (Enterprise); Service account: 1000 (Business), 10000 (Enterprise); 429 on exceed. Verified 2026-07-08 with per-field source links.

Security & Auth Verified 2026-07-08 high confidence

Base URL

https://api.gitguardian.com/

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Auth

api_key

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Free tier

Free plan: 10,000 API calls/month

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Pricing model

freemium

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Pricing

Free (Starter) $0 for up to 25 devs; Business (teams up to 200 devs, contact sales); Enterprise (custom, contact sales)

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Rate limits

Personal access token: 50 req/min (Free), 200 (Business), 2000 (Enterprise); Service account: 1000 (Business), 10000 (Enterprise); 429 on exceed

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OpenAPI spec

not documented null

no source

MCP server

GitGuardian MCP server available (OAuth/PAT auth, installable in Cursor, Claude Desktop, Windsurf, Zed)

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