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71 | 46 | |
9,603 | 12,302 | |
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9.9 | 7.0 | |
about 17 hours ago | over 2 years ago | |
OCaml | C++ | |
GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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semgrep
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Creating a DevSecOps pipeline with Jenkins — Part 1
For the SAST stage, I used SonarQube tool. SonarQube is an open-source platform developed by SonarSource for continuous inspection of code quality to perform automatic reviews with static analysis of code to detect bugs and code smells on more than 30 programming languages. I preferred SonarQube instead of other SAST tools because it has a detailed documentation and plugins about integration with Jenkins and SonarQube works with Java projects pretty well. Of course you can similar multi-language-supported tools such as Semgrep or language-specific tools such as Bandit.
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Tree-Sitter
> Not sure I understand your point.
The problem is using Treesitter (for syntax highlighting and "semantic movements") and an LSP at the same time. So if your language has a LSP, using Treesitter additionally is redundant at best and introduces inconcistency at worst.
I'm not talking about using Treesitter as the parser for the LSP.
> Most popular languages have language-specific tools
I'd say even less popular langauges like Coq^H^H^HRocq, Lean 4, Koka, Idris, Unison, ... have their "own" tools, I do not know of a language that uses a Treesitter parser in its LSP, but I do know about tools like https://semgrep.dev/ (written in OCaml) and Github's code search which use Treesitter.
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AST-grep(sg) is a CLI tool for code structural search, lint, and rewriting
Well, when I seach for "semgrep", I get a very nice corporate landing page with a "Book Demo" button. Which is a level of hassle that just isn't worth it for smaller teams, because "Book Demo" usually means "We're going to try to do a dance to see how much money we can extract from you." Which smaller teams may only want to do for a handful of key tools.
(4 years ago, I was more willing to put up with enterprise licensing. But in the last two years, I've seen way too many enterprise vendors try to squeeze every penny they can get from existing clients. An enterprise sales process now often means "Expect 30% annual price hikes once you're in too deep to back out.")
There's also an open source "semgrep" project here: https://github.com/semgrep/semgrep. But this seems to be basically a vulernability scanner, going by the README.
Whereas AST-grep seems to focus heavily on things like:
1. One-off searching: "Search my tree for this pattern."
2. Refactoring: "Replace this pattern with this other pattern."
AST-grep also includes a vulnerability scanning mode like semgrep.
It's possible that semgrep also has nice support for (1) and (2), but it isn't clearly visible on their corporate landing page or the first open source README I found.
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Top 10 Snyk Alternatives for Code Security
7. Semgrep
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semgrep VS bearer - a user suggested alternative
2 projects | 10 Jul 2023
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Powerful SAST project for Android Application Security
This project is a compilation of Semgrep rules derived from the OWASP Mobile Application Security Testing Guide (MASTG) specifically for Android applications. The aim is to enhance and support Mobile Application Penetration Testing (MAPT) activities conducted by the ethical hacker community. The primary objective of these rules is to address the static tests outlined in the OWASP MASTG.
- OCaml 5.0 Multicore is out
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Do you SecDevOps?
For generally code analysis, I used Semgrep in the past.
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Spring Actuator - Finding Actuators using Static Code Analysis - Part 2
For these cases, let me introduce you to my favorite static code analysis tool: semgrep. It's a free Open Source tool that you can install and use right now (it only starts costing money if you want to use their dashboard to view the results, which is entirely optional, and all code scanning runs on your device - code is never uploaded to any servers). As stated briefly, semgrep searches for code matching specific patterns, taking the semantics of the code into account (hence, semantic grep). You can use it for security checks based on a large set of detection rules curated by the semgrep community, but where it really shines is when you start writing rules for your own use cases.
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Semgrep: Writing quick rules to verify ideas
Good idea! I opened an issue here: https://github.com/returntocorp/semgrep/issues/6331
Sourcetrail
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Ask HN: Anyone use a code to mindmap/flowchart tool?
I wish something existed in this space. I used Coati Software's Sourcetrail for a couple of years. Unfortunately it was discontinued. It was a wonderful piece of software that indexed a code repository, and exposed an interface to explore it interactively. At least for me, it significantly improved the understanding and legibility of code.
The code is in an archived state (https://github.com/CoatiSoftware/Sourcetrail). Searching for the software on Google shows some screenshots.
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Ask HN: What would an IDE built for the Apple Vision Pro look like?
I think it might make large scale code visualization in a similar way to how SourceTrail does it more feasible: https://github.com/CoatiSoftware/Sourcetrail
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Tools/software for visualizing code structure/dependencies of large C project.
Yep souecetrail https://github.com/CoatiSoftware/Sourcetrail
- Is there a site or extension where to learn C++ by doing, learning more visually?
- “Zoom Out”: The missing feature of IDEs
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Tools for Building Symbol Tables from A Source Code File
Sourcetrail?
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How to understand a c++ project
You could always try using Sourcetrail. Unfortunately the open source project is now archived but it should still help you get insights into your code.
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Programming Breakthroughs We Need
Sourcetrail actually tried to do that for a select few languages https://github.com/CoatiSoftware/Sourcetrail
Sadly, they retired the entire project a while back.
- Is there an automated flowcharting software for large c++ projects?
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Ask HN: Visualizing software designs, especially of large systems (if at all)?
> So, is it a good idea to try documenting the code design through some sort of visualization?
Yes, if it helps you understand how it works and how the pieces fit together.
No, if the previous is not all that useful for you (different types of learners), or you need to spend significant amounts of time doing it manually, especially given that code could change.
If you can, look into any tool that might allow you to get visualizations in an automated manner.
For example, JetBrains IDEs have a few different graph visualizations for dependencies and inheritance etc.: https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/2022.1/tests-in-ide.html...
There also used to be SourceTrail, though sadly the project is now retired: https://github.com/CoatiSoftware/Sourcetrail
For databases, you can also use external tools like DbVis: https://www.dbvis.com/features/
There are also a few tools here and there for visualizing networks or how container deployments look, but those are pretty situational/specific for each platform/setup.
What are some alternatives?
SonarQube - Continuous Inspection
snyk - Snyk CLI scans and monitors your projects for security vulnerabilities. [Moved to: https://github.com/snyk/cli]
codeql - CodeQL: the libraries and queries that power security researchers around the world, as well as code scanning in GitHub Advanced Security
Spotbugs - SpotBugs is FindBugs' successor. A tool for static analysis to look for bugs in Java code.
pre-commit - A framework for managing and maintaining multi-language pre-commit hooks.
detect-secrets - An enterprise friendly way of detecting and preventing secrets in code.
gitleaks - Protect and discover secrets using Gitleaks 🔑
infer - A static analyzer for Java, C, C++, and Objective-C
PMD - An extensible multilanguage static code analyzer.
Checkstyle - Checkstyle is a development tool to help programmers write Java code that adheres to a coding standard. By default it supports the Google Java Style Guide and Sun Code Conventions, but is highly configurable. It can be invoked with an ANT task and a command line program.