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HXSecurity/DongTai

Dongtai IAST is an open-source Interactive Application Security Testing (IAST) tool that enables real-time detection of common vulnerabilities in Java applications and third-party components through passive instrumentation. It is particularly suitable for use in the testing phase of the development pipeline. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/HXSecurity/DongTai · homepage · Python · Apache-2.0 (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

33/100

  • Activity 22
  • Release rhythm 8
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 1990
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 468
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1312 stars · 154 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

DongTai IAST is an open-source Interactive Application Security Testing platform that detects vulnerabilities in Java (and some Python) applications in real time via passive instrumentation agents and taint-tracking analysis. It consists of a Django-based server, web UI, analysis engine, and Java/Python agents, deployable via Docker or Kubernetes and suited to the testing phase of a DevSecOps pipeline.

Use cases

  • detect vulnerabilities in java applications during testing
  • find vulnerable third-party dependencies and components
  • integrate security testing into ci/cd devsecops pipeline
  • self-host an interactive application security testing tool
  • trace detected vulnerabilities back to source code lines
  • detect hardcoded secrets and sensitive information leaks
  • test api endpoints for security flaws automatically

When to choose

  • you need runtime, low-false-positive vulnerability detection for Java web applications
  • you want an open-source IAST to embed in QA or DevSecOps workflows
  • you need software composition analysis alongside application vulnerability detection
  • you prefer self-hosted deployment with Docker or Kubernetes

When to avoid

  • you need static analysis of code without running it (use a SAST tool)
  • your applications are primarily in languages other than Java or Python
  • you only need simple dependency CVE scanning without runtime instrumentation
  • you cannot modify the runtime environment to attach an agent

Facets

service · maturity active

security vulnerability-scanning monitoring self-hosted api-framework security testing developer-tools python self-hosted jvm iast dast sast taint-tracking devsecops java-agent software-composition-analysis vulnerability-detection devops docker kubernetes web-server

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