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projectdiscovery/nuclei

Nuclei is a fast, customizable vulnerability scanner powered by the global security community and built on a simple YAML-based DSL, enabling collaboration to tackle trending vulnerabilities on the internet. It helps you find vulnerabilities in your applications, APIs, networks, DNS, and cloud configurations.

AI dev

Stack

Go Gin gRPC Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#attack-surface #cve-scanner #dast #hacktoberfest #nuclei-engine #security

Updated: 2026-10-13
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2020-04-03
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 134 open

32,018

stars

Forks: 3,953
Commits: 6,680 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

NVIDIA/SkillSpector

Security scanner for AI agent skills. Detect vulnerabilities, malicious patterns, security risks, prompt injection, data exfiltration, and supply-chain risks in Claude Code, Codex, and MCP skills before you install them.

Stack

Python pytest npm uv

GitHub topics

#agent-security #agent-skills #agentic-ai #ai-security #claude-code #mcp

Updated: 2026-10-08
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2026-03-21
History: 6 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 151 open

19,726

stars

Forks: 1,724
Commits: 1,134 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

zaproxy/zaproxy

The ZAP by Checkmarx Core project

Stack

Java Gradle pip

GitHub topics

#appsec #dast #hacktoberfest #opensource #security #security-scanner

Updated: 2026-10-08
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2010-08-16
History: 7 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 864 open

15,931

stars

Forks: 2,668
Commits: 10,412 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

future-architect/vuls

Agent-less vulnerability scanner for Linux, FreeBSD, Container, WordPress, Programming language libraries, Network devices

Stack

Go Cobra gRPC Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#administrator #cybersecurity #freebsd #go #golang #linux

Updated: 2026-10-05
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2016-03-27
History: 8 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 91 open

12,283

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Forks: 1,250
Commits: 1,924 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

PyCQA/bandit

Bandit is a tool designed to find common security issues in Python code.

Stack

Python pip

GitHub topics

#bandit #linter #python #security #security-scanner #security-tools

Updated: 2026-09-21
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2014-07-16
History: 10 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 258 open

8,280

stars

Forks: 837
Commits: 1,517 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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lintsinghua/DeepAudit

DeepAudit：人人拥有的 AI 黑客战队，让漏洞挖掘触手可及。国内首个开源的代码漏洞挖掘多智能体系统。小白一键部署运行，自主协作审计 + 自动化沙箱 PoC 验证。支持 Ollama 私有部署，一键生成报告。支持中转站。让安全不再昂贵，让审计不再复杂。

Stack

Python Django FastAPI LangChain pytest npm pip pnpm

GitHub topics

#ai #bug-detection #code-audit #code-quality #code-review #developer-tools

Updated: 2026-09-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-09-19
History: 1 history point
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 94 open

6,961

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Forks: 849
Commits: 467 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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evyatarmeged/Raccoon

A high performance offensive security tool for reconnaissance and vulnerability scanning

Stack

Python pip

GitHub topics

#enumeration #fuzzing #hacking #hacking-tool #information-gathering #offensive-security

Updated: 2026-04-21
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-05-15
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 14 open

4,045

stars

Forks: 505
Commits: 190 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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Bearer/bearer

Code security scanning tool (SAST) to discover, filter and prioritize security and privacy risks.

Stack

Go Cobra Django Django REST Framework Express Bundler Composer .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#appsec #code-quality #compliance #dataflow #devsecops #devsecops-tools

Updated: 2026-10-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-09-27
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 26 open

2,756

stars

Forks: 156
Commits: 1,443 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

shekyan/slowhttptest

Application Layer DoS attack simulator

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#performance-metrics #security-scanner #slowhttptest

Updated: 2026-09-25
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-07-20
History: 5 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 3 open

1,655

stars

Forks: 309
Commits: 342 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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CERT-Polska/Artemis

A modular vulnerability scanner with automatic report generation capabilities.

Stack

Python Cobra Django FastAPI Flask Go modules PEP 517 pip

GitHub topics

#artemis #pentesting #security #security-scanner #security-tools #vulnerability-detection

Updated: 2026-10-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-11-06
History: 5 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 47 open

1,237

stars

Forks: 150
Commits: 2,684 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

hashgraph-online/hol-guard

Open-source antivirus for AI agents: block risky tools, secret access, prompt injection, malicious packages, MCP servers, plugins, and skills at runtime.

AI dev

Stack

Python Gin pytest React Tailwind CSS Bun Bundler Cargo

GitHub topics

#agent-security #ai-agent-security #ai-agents #ai-antivirus #ai-security #claude-code

Updated: 2026-10-07
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2026-03-28
History: 7 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 153 open

795

stars

Forks: 142
Commits: 4,538 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

insidersec/insider

Static Application Security Testing (SAST) engine focused on covering the OWASP Top 10, to make source code analysis to find vulnerabilities right in the source code, focused on a agile and easy to implement software inside your DevOps pipeline. Support the following technologies: Java (Maven and Android), Kotlin (Android), Swift (iOS), .NET Full Framework, C#, and Javascript (Node.js).

Stack

Go Express CocoaPods Go modules Maven

GitHub topics

#android #android-security #cli #csharp #dotnet #insider

Updated: 2022-04-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-11-12
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 21 open

554

stars

Forks: 80
Commits: 163 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

gvb84/pbscan

Faster and more efficient stateless SYN scanner and banner grabber due to userland TCP/IP stack usage.

Stack

GitHub topics

#fast #libuinet #nmap #port-scanner #security-scanner #security-tools

Updated: 2018-02-20
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-07-18
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: Disabled

172

stars

Forks: 36
Commits: 10 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

gebalamariusz/cloud-audit

Fast, opinionated AWS security scanner. Curated checks. Zero noise. Copy-paste fixes.

Stack

Python pytest PEP 517

GitHub topics

#audit #aws #aws-audit #aws-security #cis-benchmarks #cli

Updated: 2026-09-15
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2026-03-03
History: 9 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 8 open

stars

Forks: 13
Commits: 143 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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tmatens/compose-lint

Security-focused linter for Docker Compose files. Catches dangerous misconfigurations before they reach production. Grounded in OWASP and CIS Docker Benchmark.

AI dev

Stack

Python pytest PEP 517

GitHub topics

#cis-benchmark #container-security #devops #devsecops #docker #docker-compose

Updated: 2026-10-12
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2026-04-06
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 8 open

stars

Forks: 6
Commits: 906 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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deep-on/dockprobe

Lightweight Docker monitoring dashboard with anomaly detection & Telegram alerts. One-liner install, zero config.

Stack

Python FastAPI pip

GitHub topics

#alerting #anomaly-detection #container #dashboard #devops #docker

Updated: 2026-09-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2026-02-28
History: 1 history point
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 2 open

stars

Forks: 0
Commits: 62 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

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