js-x-ray VS scanner

Compare js-x-ray vs scanner and see what are their differences.

js-x-ray

JavaScript & Node.js open-source SAST scanner. A static analyser for detecting most common malicious patterns 🔬. (by fraxken)

scanner

⚡️ A package API to run a static analysis of your module's dependencies. This is the CLI engine! (by NodeSecure)
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js-x-ray scanner
8 4
196 27
2.0% -
8.7 8.0
7 days ago 7 days ago
JavaScript JavaScript
MIT License MIT License
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js-x-ray

Posts with mentions or reviews of js-x-ray. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-16.

scanner

Posts with mentions or reviews of scanner. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-07-21.
  • Announcing NodeSecure Vulnera
    5 projects | dev.to | 21 Jul 2022
    The code was originally designed for vulnerability management within the Scanner. Yet, its API is evolving with the objective of making it a full-fledged project.
  • How to respond to growing supply chain security risks?
    6 projects | dev.to | 3 Apr 2022
    And it is happening right now. Github is opening the GitHub Advisory Database to community submissions. Awesome community NodeSecure builds cool things like scanner and js-x-ray. There are also lockfile-lint, LavaMoat, Jfrog-npm-tools (and I am sure there is more).
  • NodeSecure - What's new in 2022 ?
    8 projects | dev.to | 7 Feb 2022
    Static Analysis is powered by @nodesecure/js-x-ray and @nodesecure/scanner.
  • A technical tale of NodeSecure - Chapter 1
    5 projects | dev.to | 22 Nov 2021
    In the NodeSecure/scanner these methods are used at different stages of the analysis. When we browse the dependency tree for example we use the manifest() method with the range version (or specifier) of the package.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing js-x-ray and scanner you can also consider the following projects:

cli - JavaScript security CLI that allow you to deeply analyze the dependency tree of a given package or local Node.js project.

ci - NodeSecure tool enabling secured continuous integration

rc - NodeSecure runtime configuration

report - NodeSecure HTML & PDF report generator for any public and/or private git repositories.

vulnera - Programmatically fetch security vulnerabilities with one or many strategies (NPM Audit, Sonatype, Snyk, Node.js DB).

berry - 📦🐈 Active development trunk for Yarn ⚒

Governance - NodeSecure Governance (Code of conduct & Contribution guidelines)

flags - NodeSecure security flags 🚩 (configuration and documentation)

types - Typescript definitions for npm registry content