Flay
Flay analyzes code for structural similarities. Differences in literal values, variable, class, method names, whitespace, programming style, braces vs do/end, etc are all ignored. (by seattlerb)
Brakeman
A static analysis security vulnerability scanner for Ruby on Rails applications (by presidentbeef)
Flay | Brakeman | |
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3 | 16 | |
729 | 6,915 | |
0.5% | - | |
4.2 | 7.5 | |
26 days ago | 10 days ago | |
Ruby | Ruby | |
MIT License | Q Public License 1.0 |
The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Flay
Posts with mentions or reviews of Flay.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-03.
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Code Reviewing a Ruby on Rails application.
Flay analyzes ruby code for structural similarities. Differences in literal values, names, whitespace, and programming style are all ignored. Flay helps reduce code duplication and keep your code DRY (Don't Repeat Yourself).
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Improve Code in Your Ruby Application with RubyCritic
Flay identifies structural Ruby code similarities, including:
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Gems that can identify churn, complexity, duplication and smells.
flay
Brakeman
Posts with mentions or reviews of Brakeman.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-01-17.
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First commits in a Ruby on Rails app
Brakeman - “Brakeman detects security vulnerabilities in Ruby on Rails applications via static analysis”
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[Tool] An alternative to Brakeman for Security
My team and I released Bearer a couple of weeks ago, a newer open and free alternative to Brakeman to check your code for security and privacy risks. In addition to Ruby/Rails, we also cover your JS/TS code, which allows you to use a single solution for your whole Rails application.
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Brakeman VS bearer - a user suggested alternative
2 projects | 10 Jul 2023
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Code Reviewing a Ruby on Rails application.
Brakeman is a static analysis security vulnerability scanner for Ruby on Rails applications. It finds potential security issues in Rails applications by examining the Ruby code. Brakeman helps find and fix security holes before deploying your Rails app.
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4 Essential Security Tools To Level Up Your Rails Security
brakeman is another useful Ruby gem that is a static analysis security vulnerability scanner for Ruby on Rails applications.
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How do you guys integrate automated security checks in your CI/CD pipelines?
You might find brakeman interesting: https://brakemanscanner.org
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Github Pre-commit Hook Setup In Ruby On Rails for maintaining coding standards and productive.
It’s assumed that you already have a Rails app and use Brakeman to keep your app secure and Rspec to run your test cases.
- Is this query vulnerable to SQL injections?
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Security Risks On Rails: Misconfiguration and Unsafe Integrations
Another great lib for this is Brakeman, which can be installed in a very similar process and gives you even more detailed reports:
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Fixing Just One False Positive in Brakeman
This is pretty easy to handle. In the case where a splatted array is the only argument to a method, we'll simply use the elements of the array as the argument list. (Check out the pull request here)
What are some alternatives?
When comparing Flay and Brakeman you can also consider the following projects:
Flog - Flog reports the most tortured code in an easy to read pain report. The higher the score, the more pain the code is in.
bundler-audit - Patch-level verification for Bundler
Reek - Code smell detector for Ruby
Rubocop - A Ruby static code analyzer and formatter, based on the community Ruby style guide. [Moved to: https://github.com/rubocop/rubocop]
Metasploit - Metasploit Framework
Traceroute - A Rake task gem that helps you find the unused routes and controller actions for your Rails 3+ app
Rubycritic - A Ruby code quality reporter
Pronto - Quick automated code review of your changes
Cane - Code quality threshold checking as part of your build
BeEF - The Browser Exploitation Framework Project