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leakproof: stop your AI coding tool from leaking secrets to the cloud (local, Apache-2.0)

A developer created leakproof, an open-source local proxy that intercepts outbound requests from AI coding tools like Claude Code, Cursor, and aider to scan and redact secrets before they leave the machine. The tool, released under Apache-2.0, also includes a git pre-commit hook and keeps the audit log local, addressing compliance concerns that lead teams to ban such tools.

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Author here. The problem leakproof targets: AI coding tools (Claude Code, Cursor, aider) ship a lot of working-tree context upstream, and if any of it contains a secret β€” an .env value, a key in a fixture, a token in a comment β€” it can leave before you notice. That's a big reason compliance-bound teams end up banning these tools. leakproof is a local proxy between the tool and the model API: outbound requests get scanned and redacted before they leave the machine. Nothing calls home β€” no cloud account, the audit log stays local. There's also a git pre-commit gate. You can check it out at https://github.com/acunningham-ship-it/leakproof and I'll anwser any questions below.

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