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SAST

Static Application Security Testing

Analyze source code or bytecode for vulnerable patterns without running the application.

31 tools profiled

How it differs Reads the code you wrote without running it. SCA checks the third party packages you depend on; IAST watches the running app while your tests exercise it.

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  • Bandit

    PyCQA

    SAST

    An AST-based security linter for Python that flags common insecure patterns such as unsafe deserialization, shell injection and weak crypto.

    Open source
    Established Verified

  • Brakeman

    Brakeman

    SAST

    A Rails-aware static analyzer that models controllers, routes and views to find injection, mass assignment and unsafe redirect flaws in Ruby code.

    Commercial, free tier
    Established

  • Checkmarx

    Checkmarx

    SAST

    An enterprise SAST engine with broad language coverage that builds a queryable code graph and traces tainted data from source to sink.

    Commercial
    Established

  • Coverity

    Black Duck

    SAST

    A build-integrated static analyzer known for deep interprocedural analysis of C and C++, covering memory safety, concurrency and injection defects.

    Commercial
    Established

  • GitHub CodeQL

    GitHub

    SAST

    A semantic code analysis engine that turns a codebase into a queryable database and finds vulnerabilities with declarative security queries.

    Open source and commercial
    Established

  • HCL AppScan

    HCLSoftware

    SAST

    The static analysis component of HCL's application security suite, using taint analysis plus machine learning triage to reduce finding volume.

    Commercial
    Established

  • Horusec

    Zup Innovation

    SAST

    An open-source CLI that orchestrates a set of language-specific security scanners in containers and merges their findings into one report.

    Open source
    Established

  • Kiuwan Code Security

    Kiuwan (Idera)

    SAST

    A static analysis platform pairing security rules with code quality and technical debt metrics, covering both modern and legacy enterprise languages.

    Commercial
    Established

  • Klocwork

    Perforce Software

    SAST

    Whole program static analysis for C, C++, C# and Java with compliance reporting against MISRA, CERT and AUTOSAR coding standards.

    Commercial
    Established

  • Bandit

    PyCQA

    An AST-based security linter for Python that flags common insecure patterns such as unsafe deserialization, shell injection and weak crypto.

    Open source Established
    SAST

  • Brakeman

    Brakeman

    A Rails-aware static analyzer that models controllers, routes and views to find injection, mass assignment and unsafe redirect flaws in Ruby code.

    Commercial, free tier Established
    SAST

  • Checkmarx

    Checkmarx

    An enterprise SAST engine with broad language coverage that builds a queryable code graph and traces tainted data from source to sink.

    Commercial Established
    SAST

  • Coverity

    Black Duck

    A build-integrated static analyzer known for deep interprocedural analysis of C and C++, covering memory safety, concurrency and injection defects.

    Commercial Established
    SAST

  • GitHub CodeQL

    GitHub

    A semantic code analysis engine that turns a codebase into a queryable database and finds vulnerabilities with declarative security queries.

    Open source and commercial Established
    SAST

  • HCL AppScan

    HCLSoftware

    The static analysis component of HCL's application security suite, using taint analysis plus machine learning triage to reduce finding volume.

    Commercial Established
    SAST

  • Horusec

    Zup Innovation

    An open-source CLI that orchestrates a set of language-specific security scanners in containers and merges their findings into one report.

    Open source Established
    SAST

  • Kiuwan Code Security

    Kiuwan (Idera)

    A static analysis platform pairing security rules with code quality and technical debt metrics, covering both modern and legacy enterprise languages.

    Commercial Established
    SAST

  • Klocwork

    Perforce Software

    Whole program static analysis for C, C++, C# and Java with compliance reporting against MISRA, CERT and AUTOSAR coding standards.

    Commercial Established
    SAST

  • OpenText Fortify

    OpenText

    SAST

    A long-established enterprise static analyzer with very broad language support, rule-driven taint analysis and detailed compliance reporting.

    Commercial
    Established

  • Parasoft

    Parasoft

    SAST

    Family of static analysis and automated testing products for C, C++, Java and .NET, oriented toward safety and security coding standard compliance.

    Commercial
    Established

  • PMD

    PMD open source project

    SAST

    Extensible source code analyzer that applies rule sets to the syntax tree of several languages, bundled with a cross language copy and paste detector.

    Open source
    Established

  • PT Application Inspector

    Positive Technologies

    SAST

    Static analyzer that combines several analysis techniques and attempts to generate a working exploit for each finding to separate real issues from noise.

    Commercial
    Established

  • Qodana

    JetBrains

    SAST

    Static analysis platform that runs the inspection engine from JetBrains IDEs as a containerized pipeline job with quality gates and trend reporting.

    Commercial, free tier
    Growing

  • Semgrep

    Semgrep, Inc.

    SAST

    Pattern matching static analysis engine whose rules are written as code snippets with metavariables, with an optional commercial platform for triage.

    Open source and commercial
    Established

  • SonarQube

    Sonar

    SAST

    Self hosted analysis server that scans repositories for quality and security issues, enforces quality gates and tracks findings over time.

    Commercial, free tier
    Established

  • SpotBugs

    SpotBugs project

    SAST

    Successor to FindBugs that analyzes compiled JVM bytecode against a catalog of bug patterns, extensible with security focused detector plugins.

    Open source
    Established

  • Veracode

    Veracode

    SAST

    Hosted application security platform whose static engine analyzes compiled binaries and bytecode rather than source, under a central policy model.

    Commercial
    Established

  • OpenText Fortify

    OpenText

    A long-established enterprise static analyzer with very broad language support, rule-driven taint analysis and detailed compliance reporting.

    Commercial Established
    SAST

  • Parasoft

    Parasoft

    Family of static analysis and automated testing products for C, C++, Java and .NET, oriented toward safety and security coding standard compliance.

    Commercial Established
    SAST

  • PMD

    PMD open source project

    Extensible source code analyzer that applies rule sets to the syntax tree of several languages, bundled with a cross language copy and paste detector.

    Open source Established
    SAST

  • PT Application Inspector

    Positive Technologies

    Static analyzer that combines several analysis techniques and attempts to generate a working exploit for each finding to separate real issues from noise.

    Commercial Established
    SAST

  • Qodana

    JetBrains

    Static analysis platform that runs the inspection engine from JetBrains IDEs as a containerized pipeline job with quality gates and trend reporting.

    Commercial, free tier Growing
    SAST

  • Semgrep

    Semgrep, Inc.

    Pattern matching static analysis engine whose rules are written as code snippets with metavariables, with an optional commercial platform for triage.

    Open source and commercial Established
    SAST

  • SonarQube

    Sonar

    Self hosted analysis server that scans repositories for quality and security issues, enforces quality gates and tracks findings over time.

    Commercial, free tier Established
    SAST

  • SpotBugs

    SpotBugs project

    Successor to FindBugs that analyzes compiled JVM bytecode against a catalog of bug patterns, extensible with security focused detector plugins.

    Open source Established
    SAST

  • Veracode

    Veracode

    Hosted application security platform whose static engine analyzes compiled binaries and bytecode rather than source, under a central policy model.

    Commercial Established
    SAST
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