NInicolasbistolfi·Feb 10, 2026Submission
Show HN: Deidentify data before LLM with Go
A Go library for detecting and removing personally identifiable information (PII) from text and structured data.
3 points · Open discussionaliengiraffe
deidentify
Go2025–2026
aliengiraffe / deidentify
deidentify
Go library that detects personally identifiable information in text and structured data and replaces it with deterministic, format-preserving substitutes.
2Distinct people
3Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
41GitHub stars
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What it is
Go library that detects personally identifiable information in text and structured data and replaces it with deterministic, format-preserving substitutes.
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Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 1:49:46 PM UTC.
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HN mentions by month3 dated mentions
Observed mentions: 2025-05-28 19:31:09 UTC to 2026-02-10 18:10:44 UTC.
Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| May 2025 | 2025-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jun 2025 | 2025-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jul 2025 | 2025-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 2025 | 2025-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2025 | 2025-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 2025 | 2025-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2025 | 2025-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 2025 | 2025-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 2026 | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 2026 | 2026-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
What Hacker News says
3 sourcesShow HN: A Go library that replaces sensitive data with realistic fakes
Fast, dependency-free Go library that replaces sensitive data with realistic fakes while preserving structure and semantic meaning. Fully deterministic (no LLM calls) — built for safe testing, demos, and AI pipelines.
3 points · Open discussionShow HN: Deidentify – Go library for removing PII before sending data to LLMs
1 points · Open discussion