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KeyLeak Detector

Runtime leak detector for modern web apps - finds exposed API keys, validates BaaS misconfigurations (Supabase/Firebase RLS), and catches secrets in JS bundles. Chrome extension + CLI.

KeyLeak Detector is an open-source backend as a service project on GitHub under the MIT license (permissive), with 274 stars. It is built with CPython, V8 and Flask. Its last push was 4 days ago.

Stars
274
License
MIT
Activity
Active
Latest release
v0.7.0

Code on GitHub

Judgement

What it is
Developer tool
What it does
A CLI and Chrome extension that finds exposed API keys and secrets in browser traffic, JS bundles, local projects and build artifacts, and checks Supabase and Firebase security rules.
Adopt it when
You ship web apps on Supabase or Firebase and want to check your own app for leaked keys and open row-level security before launch.
Watch out
A one-year-old project from a single maintainer; use it only on apps you own or are authorised to test.
Ready for
Experimental
Runs as
Command line and browser extension
Built with
Python, Flask and JavaScript
How established
Young: started 12 months ago, latest release v0.7.0.
What the license allows
You can build it into a product you sell, as long as you keep its copyright notice.

Judged on 2026-11-03 from the project's README and GitHub data. The license and age lines are worked out directly.

Built from

Follow it down: KeyLeak Detector → CPython → GCC → LLVM project → runs on a microchip

How compilers were built, back to punched paper tape

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