CommitGate
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Hello HN! I built a pre-commit code scanner that checks your staged changes for security vulnerabilities every time you run 'git commit'.I am an inexperienced programmer and this is my first personal project. Any feedback, positive or negative, big or small, relevant or not, would be greatly helpful and appreciated!The tool requires Gitleaks and Python to run, you will also need to use your own AI API key, which I understand is a big setup friction. You can check out my demo video instead if that is more convenient: https://youtu.be/ZYe5vWFRTus?si=9Fv8DhTHktwDK4mVThank you so much for giving my project a try!!!
HN · launched Jun 21, 2026 · 5 upvotes (top 87%) · 1 view
Niche: application and system security scanners · 260 launches, 37 in the last 7 days ▲ +6% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Dev tools
- Developer
- Not AI
- Commercial product
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Could you build this?
Yes Running static analysis or vulnerability detection on staged git changes via a pre-commit hook is a basic developer tool that can be built in a weekend.
Discussion
7 comments analyzed.
Competitors mentioned: pre-commit (alternative hook timing), Corgea (vulnerability detection), vu1nz (PR-level vulnerability scanning)
Concerns raised: Pre-commit hooks are slow and annoying to developers, AI inference time too high (8-10 seconds per review adds friction), False positive rate not tested at scale, Output instability makes parsing findings challenging, High API costs with current approach
Feature requests: Pre-push hook option as default instead of pre-commit, Support for Codex/Claude subscriptions instead of API keys, Configurable timeout with streaming output during review, Faster review performance
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 559 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #501 of 560 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 234 days after the earliest competitor.
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