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  • Commit continuity, contributor activity, and delivery signals are strong.
  • Health score: 96/100.
  • Shipping score: 95/100.

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Best overallStrix

Highest organic ToolVitals fit for this use case.

Healthier optionsStrix, Prowler, Kubescape, Snyk

Stronger current public-health signal than Nuclei.

Verified open/source-visibleStrix, Trivy, Prowler, Kubescape

Useful when portability and inspectability matter.

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Best-fit security scanning options

12 tools
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Strix

Open-source AI hackers to find and fix your app’s vulnerabilities.

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Health97
Shipping96
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Confidence90
Stars62.1k
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Trivy

Find vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, secrets, SBOM in containers, Kubernetes, code repositories, clouds and more

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Health96
Shipping94
Score95
Confidence90
Stars37.9k
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Prowler

Prowler is the world’s most widely used open-source cloud security platform that automates security and compliance across any cloud environment.

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Health97
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Score97
Confidence90
Stars14.8k
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Kubescape

Kubescape is an open-source Kubernetes security platform for your IDE, CI/CD pipelines, and clusters. It includes risk analysis, security, compliance, and misconfiguration scanning, saving Kubernetes users and administrators precious time, effort, and resources.

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Health98
Shipping97
Score98
Confidence90
Stars11.7k
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Dalfox

🌙🦊 Dalfox is a powerful open-source XSS scanner and utility focused on automation.

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Health97
Shipping96
Score96
Confidence90
Stars5.3k
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MegaLinter

🦙 MegaLinter analyzes 50 languages, 22 formats, 21 tooling formats, excessive copy-pastes, spelling mistakes and security issues in your repository sources with a GitHub Action, other CI tools or locally.

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Health97
Shipping97
Score97
Confidence90
Stars2.6k
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Akto

Open-source API security platform for discovery, posture, and CI/CD testing.

Active
Health98
Shipping98
Score98
Confidence90
Stars1.5k
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