nyo-scanner 0.1.1

Lightweight secret scanner for repositories (API keys, tokens, high-entropy strings).

Nyo Scanner

Nyo Scanner is a lightweight secret scanner for local repositories. It helps catch API keys, cloud credentials, tokens, and other high-entropy strings before they are committed or pushed.

Features

• Regex matching for common secret patterns (AWS, Stripe, Slack, and more).
• Entropy heuristics for random-looking strings that may be passwords or keys.
• CLI output via Rich for readable reports.
• Git-friendly — suitable for pre-commit hooks or local checks.

Requirements

• Python 3.10+

Installation

Choose one approach. They all install the same tool; some avoid Windows PATH issues more than others.

Option 1: pipx (recommended for end users)

pipx installs CLI tools in isolated environments and puts the nyo-scan command on your PATH automatically (macOS, Linux, and Windows).

# After you publish to PyPI:
pipx install nyo-scanner

Install directly from GitHub (before PyPI, or for bleeding edge):

pipx install git+https://github.com/Nyu404/nyo-scanner.git

Then run:

nyo-scan --help

Option 2: Virtual environment + pip

Keeps dependencies out of your system Python and activates a Scripts folder (Windows) or bin (macOS/Linux) so nyo-scan works in that terminal session.

git clone https://github.com/Nyu404/nyo-scanner.git
cd nyo-scanner
python -m venv .venv

Windows (PowerShell):

.\.venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1
python -m pip install .
nyo-scan --help

macOS / Linux:

source .venv/bin/activate
python -m pip install .
nyo-scan --help

Option 3: python -m scanner (always works if the package is installed)

If nyo-scan is not found (common on Windows when using pip install --user without adding Scripts to PATH), use the module form with the same Python you used for pip install:

python -m scanner --help

On Windows with several Python versions:

py -3.12 -m scanner --help

Usage

nyo-scan --path .

Or:

python -m scanner --path .

Why some people do not see nyo-scan

• Windows + pip install --user: executables go under %APPDATA%\Python\Python3x\Scripts, which is often not on PATH. Fix: add that folder to your user PATH, use pipx, use a venv and activate it, or use python -m scanner.
• Multiple Pythons: pip for one version and python for another means the package is missing. Fix: python -m pip install . then python -m scanner, or use py -3.x consistently.

Publishing to PyPI (maintainers)

After replacing YOUR_USERNAME in pyproject.toml under [project.urls]:

python -m pip install build twine
python -m build
python -m twine upload dist/*

Then users can run pipx install nyo-scanner or pip install nyo-scanner.

Pre-commit hook (optional)

.git/hooks/pre-commit:

#!/bin/sh
nyo-scan --path .
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
    echo "Commit aborted: potential secrets detected."
    exit 1
fi

If nyo-scan is not on PATH in Git’s environment, call your interpreter explicitly, for example:

python -m scanner --path .