Truffle Security

Truffle Security Co. is an open-source security software company founded in 2021 and backed by a16z. It builds TruffleHog, the widely adopted secrets-scanning engine that detects, verifies, and helps remediate leaked credentials across source code, git history, container images, cloud storage, SaaS tools, and CI/CD pipelines. TruffleHog classifies 800+ credential types, actively verifies whether a found secret is live, and ships as a Go CLI (open source, AGPL-3.0) plus a commercial TruffleHog Enterprise platform with continuous monitoring, 20+ integrations (GitHub, GitLab, Confluence, Jira, Slack, SharePoint, GCP, and more), a triage dashboard, and a v3 Enterprise API. Products include TruffleHog open source, TruffleHog Enterprise, Analyze, and Forager.

Truffle Security is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Security, Secrets Detection, Secrets Scanning, and DevSecOps.

The Truffle Security catalog on APIs.io includes 1 event-driven AsyncAPI specification.

Truffle Security’s developer surface includes developer portal, documentation, getting-started guide, engineering blog, pricing, signup flow, support, and 10 more developer resources.

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29.2/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 10/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

0 APIs

CompanySecuritySecrets DetectionSecrets ScanningDevSecOpsApplication SecurityCredential ScanningTruffleHogOpen Source

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

Composite quality — 29.2/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 5.7 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 8.3 / 20

Commercial Clarity 4.7 / 20

Operational Transparency 3.8 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.8 / 10

Agent readiness — 10/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 6 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 4 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal

Portal

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

SignUp

SignUp

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

WellKnown

WellKnown

Design & Contract 2

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conformance

Conformance

Webhooks

Webhooks

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Packages

Packages

CLI

CLI

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

ChangeLog

ChangeLog

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: truffle-security
name: Truffle Security
description: Truffle Security Co. is an open-source security software company founded in 2021 and backed by a16z. It builds
  TruffleHog, the widely adopted secrets-scanning engine that detects, verifies, and helps remediate leaked credentials across
  source code, git history, container images, cloud storage, SaaS tools, and CI/CD pipelines. TruffleHog classifies 800+ credential
  types, actively verifies whether a found secret is live, and ships as a Go CLI (open source, AGPL-3.0) plus a commercial
  TruffleHog Enterprise platform with continuous monitoring, 20+ integrations (GitHub, GitLab, Confluence, Jira, Slack, SharePoint,
  GCP, and more), a triage dashboard, and a v3 Enterprise API. Products include TruffleHog open source, TruffleHog Enterprise,
  Analyze, and Forager.
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://github.com/trufflesecurity.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/truffle-security/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- a16z
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-21'
tags:
- Company
- Security
- Secrets Detection
- Secrets Scanning
- DevSecOps
- Application Security
- Credential Scanning
- TruffleHog
- Open Source
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/truffle-security-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://trufflesecurity.com
- type: Portal
  url: https://docs.trufflesecurity.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.trufflesecurity.com
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog#floppy_disk-installation
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/trufflesecurity
- type: Blog
  url: https://trufflesecurity.com/blog
- type: Pricing
  url: https://trufflesecurity.com/pricing
- type: SignUp
  url: https://github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog
- type: Support
  url: https://trufflesecurity.com/contact
- type: Packages
  url: packages/truffle-security-packages.yml
- type: CLI
  url: cli/truffle-security-cli.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/truffle-security-llms.txt
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/truffle-security-changelog.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/truffle-security-well-known.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/truffle-security-conformance.yml
- type: Webhooks
  url: asyncapi/truffle-security-webhooks.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-21'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 8
  pass: local-v1