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psiinon/open-source-web-scanners resource

A list of open source web security scanners observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/psiinon/open-source-web-scanners · Apache-2.0 (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

41/100

  • Activity 19
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases

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: 1689
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 491
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1615 stars · 208 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

A curated list of open source web security scanners hosted on GitHub and GitLab, ordered by stars. It serves as a discovery resource covering general-purpose and specialized web vulnerability scanning tools.

Use cases

  • find open source web vulnerability scanners
  • compare DAST tools by popularity
  • discover alternatives to commercial web scanners
  • find tools to scan my website for security issues
  • research the open source web security scanning ecosystem
  • find scanners for specific vulnerability types

When to choose

  • you want a quick overview of the open source web scanner landscape
  • you need to discover and compare scanner projects before evaluating them
  • you want community-curated pointers rather than in-depth reviews

When to avoid

  • you need detailed feature comparisons or benchmarking of scanners
  • you need an actual scanning tool rather than a list of tools
  • you need commercial or closed-source scanner recommendations

Facets

learning-resource · maturity active

security vulnerability-scanning penetration-testing developer-tools security penetration-testing web-development awesome-lists cross-platform awesome-list web-security scanners curated-list dast web-server

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
psiinon/open-source-web-scannersmain41

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="psiinon/open-source-web-scanners")

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