# psiinon/open-source-web-scanners

A list of open source web security scanners

Repository: https://github.com/psiinon/open-source-web-scanners
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/open-source-web-scanners
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2025-04-29T08:24:39+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 41/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 19, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1689, "days_push": 491, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1615, forks 208 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:11.522209+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: security, vulnerability-scanning, penetration-testing, developer-tools
- domain: security, penetration-testing, web-development, awesome-lists
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: awesome-list, web-security, scanners, curated-list, dast, web-server

## Member repositories
- psiinon/open-source-web-scanners (main) score 41

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:11.522209+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 2026-08-30T03:50:17.858461+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/psiinon/open-source-web-scanners (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:11.522209+00:00, sha 9414632372c8)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.