Python security-scanner

Open-source Python projects categorized as security-scanner

Top 13 Python security-scanner Projects

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  1. bandit

    Bandit is a tool designed to find common security issues in Python code.

    Project mention: App Security: Common Attacks & How to Prevent Them | dev.to | 2025-07-13

    Static Analysis: Tools like Bandit or SonarQube to catch code-level issues.

  2. Civic Auth

    Simple auth for Python backends. Drop Civic Auth into your Python backend with just a few lines of code. Email login, SSO, and route protection built-in. Minimal config. Works with FastAPI, Flask, or Django.

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  3. Raccoon

    A high performance offensive security tool for reconnaissance and vulnerability scanning

  4. Reconnoitre

    A security tool for multithreaded information gathering and service enumeration whilst building directory structures to store results, along with writing out recommendations for further testing.

  5. rapidscan

    :new: The Multi-Tool Web Vulnerability Scanner.

  6. oxo

    OXO is a security scanning orchestrator for the modern age.

  7. tartufo

    Searches through git repositories for high entropy strings and secrets, digging deep into commit history

    Project mention: Tartufo searches through Git repositories for high entropy strings and secrets | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-10-31
  8. embark

    EMBArk - The firmware security scanning environment (by e-m-b-a)

  9. Sevalla

    Deploy and host your apps and databases, now with $50 credit! Sevalla is the PaaS you have been looking for! Advanced deployment pipelines, usage-based pricing, preview apps, templates, human support by developers, and much more!

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  10. humble

    A humble, and 𝗳𝗮𝘀𝘁, security-oriented HTTP headers analyzer. (by rfc-st)

    Project mention: A humble, and fast, security-oriented HTTP headers analyzer | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-07-29
  11. kcare-uchecker

    A simple tool to detect outdated shared libraries

  12. xssmap

    Intelligent XSS detection tool that uses human techniques for looking for reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities

  13. malwarescanner

    Simple Malware Scanner written in python

  14. masscan_as_a_service

    masscan as a service

  15. python-project-template

    Python project template with a starting structure, CI/CD. linting, testing, and code coverage analysis (by dagpunk)

NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).

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  • App Security: Common Attacks & How to Prevent Them

    1 project | dev.to | 13 Jul 2025
  • Bandit: Find common security issues in Python code

    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 28 May 2025
  • 🔒 Bandit: Python Static Application Security Testing Guide

    1 project | dev.to | 23 Apr 2025
  • 🛡️ How to Use Bandit as a SAST Tool for Your Python App

    2 projects | dev.to | 20 Apr 2025
  • Tartufo searches through Git repositories for high entropy strings and secrets

    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 31 Oct 2024
  • Tartufo searches through Git repositories for high entropy strings and secrets

    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 8 Oct 2024
  • Enhance your python code security using bandit

    1 project | dev.to | 29 Feb 2024
  • A note from our sponsor - Sevalla
    sevalla.com | 31 Aug 2025
    Sevalla is the PaaS you have been looking for! Advanced deployment pipelines, usage-based pricing, preview apps, templates, human support by developers, and much more! Learn more →

Index

What are some of the best open-source security-scanner projects in Python? This list will help you:

# Project Stars
1 bandit 7,262
2 Raccoon 3,188
3 Reconnoitre 2,159
4 rapidscan 1,912
5 oxo 556
6 tartufo 506
7 embark 356
8 humble 330
9 kcare-uchecker 182
10 xssmap 150
11 malwarescanner 92
12 masscan_as_a_service 29
13 python-project-template 3

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