# slimm609/checksec

Checksec

Repository: https://github.com/slimm609/checksec
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/checksec
Homepage: https://slimm609.github.io/checksec
Language: Go
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2026-08-04T20:22:50+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 86/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 96, release rhythm 65, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4590, "days_push": 29, "days_rel": 77, "gap_med": 178, "n_releases_24m": 4}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2371, forks 314 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:41.812778+00:00)

## What it is
A Go rewrite of the classic checksec tool that inspects security hardening properties (RELRO, stack canaries, NX, PIE, FORTIFY_SOURCE, CFI) of ELF executables, running processes, and the Linux kernel. It ships as a single static binary with CLI, JSON, XML, and YAML output formats.

## Use cases
- check if a binary is compiled with PIE, RELRO, and stack canaries
- audit security hardening of executables in a directory
- verify binary hardening in distroless containers or embedded systems
- check the running kernel's hardening configuration
- scan a running process's security properties by PID
- output binary security checks as JSON for CI pipelines

## When to choose
- you need fast, dependency-free binary security checks on Linux
- you want machine-readable output (JSON/XML/YAML) for automation
- you're auditing hardening flags across many binaries or in minimal environments
- you need to check kernel or process hardening from the command line

## When to avoid
- you need to analyze Windows PE or macOS Mach-O binaries
- you need full feature parity with the original bash checksec
- you need deep binary analysis beyond hardening flags, such as disassembly or vulnerability discovery

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: security, vulnerability-scanning, cli, developer-tools
- domain: security, developer-tools
- platform: cli, go
- tags: binary-analysis, elf, hardening-checks, single-binary, penetration-testing, command-line, linux, macos, docker

## Member repositories
- slimm609/checksec (main) score 86

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:41.812778+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:35:23.342601+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/slimm609/checksec (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:41.812778+00:00, sha 5991aed8f7d0)
  - homepage: https://slimm609.github.io/checksec (fetched 2026-08-29T10:16:11.753472+00:00, sha efe88fef6af2)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.