Scanning your Bolt-generated app
Bolt gets you from an idea to a running app in one session and wires up integrations along the way. The catch is that a generated project can place an environment value where it ends up in the client bundle, which means it ships to every visitor. Anything that reaches the browser is readable, so a key that felt private in the editor can be public the moment you deploy. A check of the live URL sees the built site, but it cannot always tell an intentionally public value from a secret that leaked into the bundle, and it never sees the repository files or commit history.
This guide uses a source scan. ShipSafeScan reads the repository itself and runs 50 checks in four groups: hardcoded secrets, code security anti-patterns, code quality, and repo health. Its 11 secret checks detect hardcoded credentials for more than 10 providers, including AWS, GitHub, Google, Stripe, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Slack, so a key that a generated integration inlined is flagged with the file and line where it lives. The 21 code anti-pattern checks, split into 14 security and 7 quality, also look for injection and cross-site scripting patterns that generated code can introduce.
Reading the source is the point. A secret bundled into client code or committed to a config file is invisible as a mistake on the running site, yet it is fully readable in a public repo. The scan can point at the exact place the secret was committed, and because the rules are deterministic, the same commit always yields the same score. You can confirm that only truly public values live in client code and that real secrets stay in server-side environment variables, then rescan to verify.
The result is a single score and a focused issue list, so you can act before you ship. It is free, with no install and no sign-up. If a secret is flagged in the bundle, move it to a server-side environment variable, keep only public values in client code, and rotate any credential that was pushed, since it stays in Git history even after you delete it. Then run the scan again on the new commit and confirm the finding is cleared.
How to scan a Bolt-generated app for secrets and security issues
- Step 1
Copy your public GitHub repo URL
Open the public GitHub repository for your Bolt-generated app and copy its URL. ShipSafeScan reads public repos, no install and no sign-up.
- Step 2
Paste it into ShipSafeScan and start the scan
Paste the repository URL into the scan box and start it. The scan reads the repo source, not just the live site, and runs 50 checks across secrets, code security anti-patterns, code quality, and repo health.
- Step 3
Review the score and flagged issues
Read the score and the issue list. It flags hardcoded credentials for 10+ providers such as AWS, GitHub, Google, Stripe, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Slack, plus injection and XSS anti-patterns, with the file and line for each finding.
- Step 4
Fix, then rescan to confirm
Move any secret out of the client bundle into a server-side environment variable, keep only public values in client code, and rotate what was pushed. Run the scan again on the new commit to confirm the issue is gone, since the same commit always yields the same score.
What the scan checks
- It scans your public GitHub repo source for 50 checks across secrets, code security anti-patterns, code quality, and repo health.
- It detects hardcoded credentials for 10+ providers (AWS, GitHub, Google, Stripe, OpenAI, Anthropic, Slack) plus injection and XSS anti-patterns.
- The rules break down as 11 secret checks, 21 code anti-patterns (14 security and 7 quality), and 18 repo-health checks.
- It is free, with no install and no sign-up. It reads the repo source, not just the live site, and the same commit always yields the same score.
You can run the scan right from this page, dig deeper on the scan-by-tool pages, or read more write-ups on the ShipSafeScan blog. The home page explains how the score is built.
Scanning a Bolt-generated app: frequently asked questions
How do I scan my Bolt-generated app for a leaked secret?
Paste your public GitHub repository URL into ShipSafeScan. Its 11 secret checks read the source for hardcoded and bundled secrets, mask what they find, and report it with a score so you can rotate and move any exposed key.
What does ShipSafeScan check in a Bolt app?
It runs 50 checks on your public repo source: 11 secret checks, 21 code anti-patterns split into 14 security and 7 quality, and 18 repo-health checks. That includes hardcoded credentials plus injection and XSS anti-patterns.
Do I need to install anything or sign up?
No. Scanning a public repository is free, with no install and no sign-up. The scan reads the repo source rather than the live site, and the same commit always yields the same score.
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ShipSafeScan is an independent tool and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Cursor, Lovable, v0, Bolt, or their makers.