Introducing SCAN – A Must Have Plugin
🚨 LAUNCH ALERT: Introducing SCAN – The Gradle Plugin That Could Save Your Company from the Next Big Security Breach 🚨
I’m thrilled to announce the launch of SCAN (Sensitive Code Analyzer for Nerds) – a powerful Gradle plugin that automatically detects secrets, API keys, and sensitive information before they hit your codebase.
Why SCAN? Because one leaked API key can cost millions.
We’ve all seen the headlines: major companies exposing AWS credentials, database passwords, and API keys in public repositories. What if I told you there’s now a way to catch these before they ever leave your development environment?
What makes SCAN different:
🔍 Multi-Layered Detection Engine
• Pattern recognition for 50+ secret types (AWS, GitHub, database credentials)
• Entropy analysis to catch encoded/obfuscated secrets
• Context-aware intelligence that understands when something looks like a secret but isn’t
⚡ Built for Performance
• Parallel processing optimized for large codebases
• Memory-efficient streaming for massive files
• Incremental scanning for CI/CD pipelines
🛠️ Developer-First Design
• Zero configuration required – works out of the box
• Gradle-native integration with your existing workflow
• Multiple report formats (console, JSON, HTML)
Perfect for:
✅ Startups wanting enterprise-grade security
✅ Enterprise teams managing complex codebases
✅ DevOps engineers integrating security into CI/CD
✅ Security teams needing automated secret detection
The Numbers:
📊 Detects 50+ types of secrets
🚀 Scans 1000+ files in seconds
🔧 Integrates with GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI
🏗️ Built with Kotlin for JVM ecosystem
This isn’t just another security tool – it’s your first line of defense against the kind of mistakes that make front-page news.
Get Started:
📖 Documentation: DOCS ↗
💻 Source Code: REPO ↗
Want to contribute?
This is an open-source project, and we’re looking for contributors to help us:
• Add detection patterns for new secret types
• Improve performance optimizations
• Enhance CI/CD integrations
• Write documentation and examples
Whether you’re a security engineer, DevOps specialist, or Kotlin developer, there’s a place for your expertise in making the JVM ecosystem more secure.
Try it today – your future self (and your security team) will thank you when that critical API key gets caught before production instead of after it’s leaked.
P.S. If you’ve ever had that sinking feeling when you realized you committed something sensitive – you know exactly why SCAN exists. Let’s make sure it never happens again.
Ready to secure your code? Drop a ⚡ in the comments if you’re going to try SCAN, or share your own horror stories about leaked credentials (anonymously, of course! 😅)
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