Skip to content
repository radar

// category

Security

Offensive and defensive security tooling: pentesting, vulnerability research, fuzzing, and application security.

These are our picks, not a scrape of GitHub trending: every repo here is one we covered in Repository Radar because we thought it worth tracking. Ranked by stars, with live metrics and a get-it block on each.

4 repos in this category. Browse or filter the full archive → · Compare all categories →

// the space

4 repos, our 9th-largest category (Agents & Orchestration leads with 92). Combined they're up 84% since we covered them, 6th-fastest-growing of our 9 categories. They hold 125k stars and 613 contributors between them. Strength runs broad, not top-heavy: the median repo (29k stars) sits close to the 31k average. 2 are breaking out and 4 still actively shipping, and Go leads on language. What's pulling ahead: penetration testing and offensive security projects.

total

125k
stars tracked
#9 of 9
+57k
stars added since covered
#9 of 9
613
contributors
#9 of 9
303
commits / week
#7 of 9
2
breaking out
#9 of 9
4
still shipping
#9 of 9

per repo

29k
median stars
#2 of 9
+14k
stars added / repo
#7 of 9
+84%
growth since covered
#6 of 9
153
contributors / repo
#5 of 9
76
commits / repo
#2 of 9
50%
% breaking out
#3 of 9
100%
% shipping
#1 of 9
🦉strix BREAKOUT ACTIVE

usestrix/strix

Open-source AI penetration testing tool to find and fix your app’s vulnerabilities.

45k
+ 4k/mo (+43%/mo) since covered
Python
product Python Apache-2.0 PR#37, PR#21
🧰Nuclei ACTIVE

projectdiscovery/nuclei

Nuclei is a fast, customizable vulnerability scanner powered by the global security community and built on a simple YAML-based DSL, enabling collaboration to tackle trending vulnerabilities on the internet. It helps you find vulnerabilities in your applications, APIs, networks, DNS, and cloud configurations.

30k
+ 669/mo (+2%/mo) since covered
Go
product Go MIT PR#32
Infisical ACTIVE

Infisical/infisical

Infisical is the open-source platform for secrets, certificates, and privileged access management.

28k
+ 611/mo (+3%/mo) since covered
TypeScript
product TypeScript Other PR#19
🕷️PentAGI BREAKOUT ACTIVE

vxcontrol/pentagi

Fully autonomous AI Agents system capable of performing complex penetration testing tasks

21k
+ 3k/mo (+33%/mo) since covered
Go
product Go MIT PR#28