# Install squealer with Homebrew

Scans Git repositories or filesystems for secrets in commit histories. Version 1.2.12 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-26.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:squealer
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install squealer
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:squealer
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.2.12
- **Source summary:** Scans Git repositories or filesystems for secrets in commit histories
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/owenrumney/squealer>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/owenrumney/squealer>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-26T04:03:45+02:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- squealer (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.2.12
## Project history and usage

Squealer is a Go command-line secret scanner for Git repositories and filesystems, aimed at finding leaked credentials in current files and commit history.

### Project history

The GitHub repository was created in 2021. The official README presents Squealer as a local or CI-oriented scanner with built-in regular-expression checks for common credential types and support for custom rule configuration.

### Adoption history

The README documents installation by shell script, Docker images for multiple CPU architectures, use as a Go library, and releases distributed from GitHub. The input facts identify a Homebrew formula, putting it in the package-manager lane alongside other lightweight security CLIs.

### How it is used

Squealer can scan a remote Git repository, a local repository, or a plain directory with --no-git. It can output default, JSON, or SARIF-like formats, redact findings, scan all commits, and accept a user-supplied config file with rules, ignored paths, ignored extensions, and exceptions.

### Why package nerds care

Package nerds care because Squealer is the kind of small security binary that can be dropped into local hooks, CI jobs, and package-manager installs without adopting a larger platform.

### Timeline

- 2021: GitHub repository created.
- 2024: v1.2.x releases were published.
- 2025: v1.2.12 release published.

### Related projects

- git-secrets, trufflehog, gitleaks, GitHub secret scanning, CI security checks.

### Sources

- <https://api.github.com/repos/owenrumney/squealer>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/owenrumney/squealer/releases>
- <https://github.com/owenrumney/squealer#readme>
- source_facts.package-manager


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/squealer.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/squealer.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph