A list of open source web security scanners on GitHub and GitLab (just added), ordered by Stars. It does not provide in-depth analysis - for more analysis or a wider range of tools, see the links below.
Note that some large projects have multiple repos - in which case the second most relevant repo is included immediately after.
Tools which can find a range of 'unknown' vulnerabilities on any websites.
| Main Site | Last Commit | Committers | Stars |
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| ZAP |  |
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| - ZAP Extensions |  |
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| Hetty |  |
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| W3af |  |
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| Arachni |  |
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| Astra |  |
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| Skipfish |  |
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| Sitadel |  |
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| Taipan |  |
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| Wapiti |  |
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| Vega |  |
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| Tuplar |  |
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| Ugly-duckling |  |
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| Jawfish |  |
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| Browserker |
Tools which can find a range of 'known' vulnerabilities on any websites.
| Main Site | Last Commit | Committers | Stars |
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| Nuclei |  |
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| - Nuclei Templates |  |
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| Tsunami |  |
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| Nikto |  |
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| Striker |  |
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| Jaeles |  |
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| - Jaeles-Signatures |  |
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| Yasuo |  |
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| Observatory |  |
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| Spaghetti |  |
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Tools which focus on throwing 'bad stuff' at things - the user typically has to work out if it sticks.
| Main Site | Last Commit | Committers | Stars |
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| dirsearch |  |
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| Ffuf |  |
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| gobuster |  |
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| Wfuzz |  |
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| feroxbuster |  |
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| rustbusterv |  |
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| vaf |  |
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Tools which can find a range of 'known' vulnerabilities on one or more CMS websites.
| Main Site | Last Commit | Committers | Stars |
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| WPscan |  |
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| Volnx |  |
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| Droopescan |  |
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| CMSScan |  |
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| JoomScan |  |
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| Clusterd |  |
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Tools which focus on web APIs.
| Main Site | Last Commit | Committers | Stars |
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| Cherrybomb |  |
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| Automatic API Attack Tool |  |
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| Acto |  |
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Tools which focus on specific types of vulnerabilities.
| Main Site | Last Commit | Committers | Stars |
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| Sqlmap |  |
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| Commix |  |
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| Xsscrapy |  |
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| Domdig |  |
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- Free for Open Source Application Security Tools - includes commercial tools as well
- Vulnerability Scanning Tools - covers more tools, includes commercial tools as well
- Linux Security Tools - covers more tools and evaluates more criteria
- Web Hackers Weapons - covers more tools
- Arsenal of cloud native security tools
PR's welcomed.
Template line for GitHub projects (replace USER_REPO):
| []() | [](https://github.com/USER_REPO/commits) | [](https://github.com/USER_REPO/graphs/contributors) | [](https://github.com/USER_REPO/stargazers) |
Template line for GitLab projects (replace USER_REPO):
| []() | [](https://gitlab.com/USER_REPO/-/commits/master) | [](https://gitlab.com/USER_REPO/-/graphs/master) | [](https://gitlab.com/USER_REPO/-/starrers) |