Wapiti
Open-source appsec tool for security professionals
📋 Overview
An application security tool that identifies vulnerabilities in code, APIs, and web applications. Uses static and dynamic analysis combined with AI to detect security flaws early in the development lifecycle. The tool integrates directly into CI/CD pipelines, providing automated security scanning with every build. It supports multiple programming languages and frameworks, with detection rules that are regularly updated to cover new vulnerability classes. Developer-friendly remediation guidance helps teams fix issues quickly, reducing the window of exposure and preventing vulnerabilities from reaching production. A solid appsec tool worth evaluating for your stack.
✨ Key Features
- •Static application security testing (SAST)
- •Dynamic application security testing (DAST)
- •API security testing
- •Code vulnerability detection
- •CI/CD pipeline integration
- •Developer-friendly remediation guidance
🎯 The Problem It Solves
Security Engineers
🔧 How It Works
git clone https://github.com/wapiti-scanner/wapiti
🚀 Installation & Quick Start
Installation
git clone https://github.com/wapiti-scanner/wapitiQuick Start
- Clone the Wapiti repo
- Read the docs
- Run the tool
✅ Pros
- •Catches vulnerabilities early in SDLC
- •Integrates with CI/CD pipelines
- •Developer-friendly remediation
- •Comprehensive vulnerability coverage
- •Reduces security debt
- •Automated scanning
❌ Cons
- •May produce false positives
- •Requires tuning for accuracy
- •Limited language support
- •Performance impact on builds
💬 Practitioner Verdict
“A solid appsec tool worth evaluating for your stack.”
Self-Hosted (Free)
Open source, MIT/Apache licensed. Run it yourself.
⭐ Star & Clone on GitHubFree forever. Your infrastructure, your data.
📊 Specifications
- Language
- Python
- License
- MIT
- Platform
- Linux, macOS, Windows
- Supported Models
- REST API, CLI
💰 Pricing Reality
Free and open source.