Alternatives

Alternatives to Semgrep

5 Security Scanners rivals, ranked by the same evidence-graded leaderboard — Semgrep itself ranks #2 with a PA Score of 30/100. Every “beats Semgrep on” below comes from a judged head-to-head round with cited evidence — see the methodology.

#1
Gecko Security
Gecko Security, Inc.
PA Score 35/100vs Semgrep →
coverage
27.6/100
Beats Semgrep on: Download a machine-readable API spec (OpenAPI or equivalent) · Subscribe to events via webhooks
#3
Gitleaks
Gitleaks (Zachary Rice)
PA Score 30/100vs Semgrep →
coverage
35.6/100
Beats Semgrep on: Scan a repository and its full git history for hardcoded secrets and credentials · Baseline or ignore existing and false-positive findings so only new issues alert
#4
Trivy
Aqua Security Software Ltd.
PA Score 27/100vs Semgrep →
coverage
25.6/100
Beats Semgrep on: Scan container images for OS-package and application-layer vulnerabilities before deploying them · Scan Terraform, Kubernetes, and other IaC files for security misconfigurations
#5
Snyk
Snyk Ltd.
PA Score 24/100vs Semgrep →
coverage
28.9/100
Beats Semgrep on: Scan container images for OS-package and application-layer vulnerabilities before deploying them · Operate the product with natural-language commands
#6
TruffleHog
Truffle Security Co.
PA Score 23/100vs Semgrep →
coverage
29.6/100
Beats Semgrep on: Scan a repository and its full git history for hardcoded secrets and credentials · Define custom detection rules for my organization's internal token and secret formats

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