Top 13 Python security-scanner Projects

bandit

1 26 7,222 8.4 Python

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.
Civic Auth

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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.
Raccoon

2 4 3,188 0.0 Python

A high performance offensive security tool for reconnaissance and vulnerability scanning
Reconnoitre

3 2 2,159 0.0 Python

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.
rapidscan

4 1 1,861 4.1 Python

:new: The Multi-Tool Web Vulnerability Scanner.
oxo

5 3 555 9.4 Python

OXO is a security scanning orchestrator for the modern age.
tartufo

6 6 509 4.6 Python

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
embark

7 5 352 9.8 Python

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

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humble

8 1 327 9.6 Python

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
kcare-uchecker

9 1 182 5.2 Python

A simple tool to detect outdated shared libraries
xssmap

10 1 150 10.0 Python

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

11 1 92 2.4 Python

Simple Malware Scanner written in python
masscan_as_a_service

12 3 29 3.8 Python

masscan as a service
python-project-template

13 1 3 6.3 Python

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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Python security-scanner related posts

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 - Civic Auth
www.civic.com | 10 Aug 2025

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. 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	7,222
2	Raccoon	3,188
3	Reconnoitre	2,159
4	rapidscan	1,861
5	oxo	555
6	tartufo	509
7	embark	352
8	humble	327
9	kcare-uchecker	182
10	xssmap	150
11	malwarescanner	92
12	masscan_as_a_service	29
13	python-project-template	3