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24 alternatives to Secret Sanitizer

I kept pasting code with hardcoded API keys, database credentials, and auth tokens into ChatGPT while debugging. Copy a failing function, paste it into AI, and realise your AWS secret key or Stripe token was right there in the snippet. So I built (with some help from Claude) a simple Chrome extension that intercepts the paste, detects secrets using local regex, and replaces them with [MASKED] before they reach the chat. Originals stay in a local AES-256 encrypted vault for unmasking. No servers. No network requests. No tracking. ~41 KB, zero dependencies. Don't take my word for it: 'grep -r…

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

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    OP here. I built this because I recently caught myself almost pasting a block of logs containing AWS keys into Claude. The Problem: I need the reasoning capabilities of cloud models (GPT/Claude/Gemini), but I can't trust myself not to accidentally leak PII or secrets. The Solution: A Chrome extension that acts as a local middleware. It intercepts the prompt and runs a local BERT model (via a Python FastAPI backend) to scrub names, emails, and keys before the request leaves the browser. A few notes up front (to set expectations clearly): Everything runs 100% locally. Regex detection…

    Dec 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    CapeChat▲248

    Keep sensitive data private while still using ChatGPT

    2023 · its alternatives →

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    New ways of breaking app-integrated LLMs . Contribute to greshake/llm-security development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    I built this after seeing multiple teams accidentally ship API keys in their frontend code. The problem: Modern web development moves fast. You're vibe-coding, shipping features, and suddenly your AWS keys are sitting in a tag visible to anyone who opens DevTools. I've personally witnessed this happen to at least 3-4 production apps in the past year alone. KeyLeak Detector runs through your site (headless browser + network interception) and checks for 50+ types of leaked secrets: AWS/Google keys, Stripe tokens, database connection strings, LLM API keys (OpenAI, Claude, etc.), JWT…

    Nov 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Lakera▲131

    Secure your conversations with ChatGPT

    2023 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Latchkey▲122

    Hi HN, At Imbue, we’ve been following the rapid developments in the agent landscape and noticed that the way agents interact with third-party services on users’ behalf often leaves a lot to be desired. Integrations are ad hoc, complicated, context-heavy, and either unfriendly to non-technical users or tied to a lock-in of some sort. We‘re experimenting with a command-line tool, Latchkey, that could be used by local agents targeted at non-technical users while avoiding remote intermediaries. As far as we know, this is the only existing approach at the intersection of these two goals. Core…

    Mar 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    We built API Radar to track exposed API keys from OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, and other major providers—in real time—from public GitHub repositories. Why? Leaked AI keys are everywhere. They power bots, cost companies thousands, and even expose user data. But no one had a clean dashboard to see the leaks as they happen — until now. What you’ll find: Full redacted + raw API key leaks Real-time feed of exposed repos Leaderboards by author, repo, and provider Filtering by provider (OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, etc.) Timeline of key exposure trends Built for security researchers, devs, and AI companies…

    Jan 2026 · apiradar.live · its alternatives →

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    Stop leaking secrets into AI chat

    Aug 2026 · omnishield.app · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN, I’m the founder of Pangea. We’ve built a developer platform where you can easily add security to your code through a simple set of APIs - features like authentication, secrets management, audit logging, redaction of PII, restricting embargoed countries, known threat actor intelligence, etc. With the ChatGPT and LLM explosion, we thought of ways to reduce the risk of both the inputs and outputs from these services. Our NextJS sample app adds a security layer on top of ChatGPT with various security services that you can implement quickly. It’s basically a front end to the OpenAI API…

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    This is a project I made to learn more about crypto. I've also written a [post](https://vaktibabat.github.io/posts/ecurvechat/) that explains all the crypto concepts and algorithms used in the project, and how I implemented them. I'd be very glad for any feedback about both the code and the post :)

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Stop leaking sensitive data to AI chatbots

    Feb 2026 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

  12. 12

    Code privacy in the age of AI

    2023 · obfuscat.com · its alternatives →

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    Hush▲94

    Share secrets safely in Slack

    2020 · hush.codes · its alternatives →

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    Cloak▲5

    Use ChatGPT without leaking your private data.

    Jan 2026 · getcloak.org · its alternatives →

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    MaskIT▲8

    Protect your privacy with every paste

    2024 · its alternatives →

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    Prevent sensitive data leaks in popular LLM's like ChatGPT

    2025 · aisafeguard.co.uk · its alternatives →

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    Signal, not surveillance. See how your engineers use Cursor, Claude Code, and Copilot: catch leaked secrets, PII, and confidential data, without blocking them or reading their prompts.

    Jul 2026 · heimwall.ai · its alternatives →

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    Code base is here https://github.com/clairefro/aribotle Screenshots and learnings in tweet https://twitter.com/clairefroe/status/1684692302843838464?t=... I experimented with a "Bring your own API Key" approach that I think is sufficiently secure. I'll Venmo $50 to whoever can hack my OpenAI API key

    2023 · twitter.com · its alternatives →

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    We’ve built the Cape API so developers can keep sensitive data private while prompting LLMs like GPT-4 and GPT 3.5 Turbo. With Cape, you can easily de-identify sensitive data before sending it to OpenAI. In addition, you can create embeddings from sensitive text and documents and perform vector searches to improve your prompt context all while keeping the data confidential. Developers are using Cape with data like financial statements, legal contracts, and internal/proprietary knowledge that would otherwise be too sensitive to process with the ChatGPT API. You can try CapeChat, our…

    2023 · capeprivacy.com · its alternatives →

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    Gathering and crawling and scraping public shareable AI LLMs links and providing results and insights of your queries. Alerts can be set for fugure findings. HIBP but for AI chats.

    Dec 2025 · leaklake.com · its alternatives →

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    Stop leaking secrets to LLMs — local-first AI redaction

    Jan 2026 · its alternatives →

  23. 23

    Catch exposed API keys and secrets while you browse

    Jul 2026 · its alternatives →

  24. 24

    Get the most out of AI without handing them your data.

    Jun 2026 · onyri-sanitize.com · its alternatives →

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