A list of open source web security scanners on GitHub and GitLab, ordered by Stars. It does not provide in-depth analysis – for more analysis or a wider range of tools, see the links below.
Note that some large projects have multiple repos – in which case the second most relevant repo is included immediately after and is indented.
Tools which can find a range of ‘unknown’ vulnerabilities on any websites.
| Main Site | Last Commit | Committers | Stars |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZAP | |||
| – ZAP Extensions | |||
| Hetty | |||
| W3af | |||
| Arachni | |||
| Astra | |||
| Wapiti | |||
| Skipfish | |||
| Sitadel | |||
| Taipan | |||
| Vega | |||
| Reaper | |||
| BrowserBruter | |||
| Tuplar | |||
| Ugly-duckling | |||
| Jawfish | |||
| Pākiki | |||
| Browserker |
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