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# Akto

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

## Decision context

- Status: active
- ToolVitals score: 98/100
- Health score: 98/100
- Shipping score: 98/100
- Score mode: verdict
- Data confidence: 90/100
- Source coverage: 100/100
- Last evidence check: 2026-09-10

## Classification

- Use case: Security Scanning (security-scanning)
- Category: Security & Compliance (security)
- Tool mode: Source-visible project
- Openness: OSI-approved OSS
- License: MIT
- Tags: security, api-security, testing, devsecops, open-source, api-first, api-discovery, api-security-posture, api-security-testing, api-testing, authentication, authorization, devsecops-pipeline, hacktoberfest, hacktoberfest2023, idor

## Public repository signals

- Repository: [akto-api-security/akto](https://github.com/akto-api-security/akto)
- Stars: 1513 (adoption context only)
- Forks: 292
- Open issues: 341
- Last commit date: 2026-09-10
- Releases in 90 days: 30

## Source receipts

- [Official website](https://akto.io/) — checked 2026-09-10
- [Source repository](https://github.com/akto-api-security/akto) — checked 2026-09-10

## Discovery status

- Search indexable: yes
- Reason: sufficient tool evidence

## Interpretation limits

- ToolVitals scores summarize bounded public maintenance, shipping, openness, and evidence signals. They are not user-review ratings.
- GitHub stars and related popularity metrics are adoption context, not quality evidence.
- Missing values mean not collected or not confidently established; they do not mean zero.
- Public signals do not prove security, uptime, support quality, customer satisfaction, or production suitability.
- Verify material decisions against the linked first-party sources and your own requirements.