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Software Composition Analysis

Identify open-source dependencies and match them against known vulnerability and license data.

28 tools profiled

How it differs Checks the open source packages you depend on for known vulnerabilities and license obligations. Flaws in code you wrote are SAST territory.

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  • Black Duck

    Black Duck Software

    SCA

    A software composition analysis platform that identifies open source components through manifest parsing, file signature matching and binary analysis, with deep license obligation data.

    Commercial
    Established

  • cdxgen

    CycloneDX

    SCA

    A command line SBOM generator that produces CycloneDX bills of materials from source projects, container images, binaries and operating system packages across many ecosystems.

    Open source
    Established

  • Endor Labs

    Endor Labs

    SCA

    A composition analysis platform that builds call graphs across application and dependency code to determine whether a vulnerable function is actually reachable before raising it.

    Commercial
    Growing

  • FOSSA

    FOSSA

    SCA

    A composition analysis platform focused on license obligation management, resolving dependencies through native build tooling and generating attribution notices and SBOMs.

    Freemium
    Established

  • Black Duck

    Black Duck Software

    A software composition analysis platform that identifies open source components through manifest parsing, file signature matching and binary analysis, with deep license obligation data.

    Commercial Established
    SCA

  • cdxgen

    CycloneDX

    A command line SBOM generator that produces CycloneDX bills of materials from source projects, container images, binaries and operating system packages across many ecosystems.

    Open source Established
    SCA

  • Endor Labs

    Endor Labs

    A composition analysis platform that builds call graphs across application and dependency code to determine whether a vulnerable function is actually reachable before raising it.

    Commercial Growing
    SCA

  • FOSSA

    FOSSA

    A composition analysis platform focused on license obligation management, resolving dependencies through native build tooling and generating attribution notices and SBOMs.

    Freemium Established
    SCA

  • Mend

    Mend.io

    SCA

    A composition analysis platform combining broad ecosystem coverage, license policy and automated upgrade pull requests, with reachability analysis to prioritize what matters.

    Commercial
    Established

  • Qwiet AI

    Qwiet AI

    SCA

    Builds a code property graph of the application and its dependencies, then uses data flow across that graph to judge whether a vulnerable library function is actually reachable.

    Commercial
    Growing

  • Snyk

    Snyk

    SCA

    Resolves the full dependency tree including transitives, matches it against a curated vulnerability database, and raises fix pull requests with the minimum viable upgrade path.

    Freemium
    Established

  • Mend

    Mend.io

    A composition analysis platform combining broad ecosystem coverage, license policy and automated upgrade pull requests, with reachability analysis to prioritize what matters.

    Commercial Established
    SCA

  • Qwiet AI

    Qwiet AI

    Builds a code property graph of the application and its dependencies, then uses data flow across that graph to judge whether a vulnerable library function is actually reachable.

    Commercial Growing
    SCA

  • Snyk

    Snyk

    Resolves the full dependency tree including transitives, matches it against a curated vulnerability database, and raises fix pull requests with the minimum viable upgrade path.

    Freemium Established
    SCA
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