Sighthound

Open-source vulnerability scanner for source code.

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Why it made the shelf

Sighthound is an open-source security tool designed to scan source code for vulnerabilities.

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Hacker News

First seen: 2 months ago
Best score: 19 points

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What the source shows.

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Open source

GitHub stars: 275
Latest release: 1.0
Last code update: 2026-08-21

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Official sitegithub.com

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Aditya kumar singhTop contributorPlatform record · GitHub
Juan GaitánTop contributorPlatform record · GitHub
yhoztakTop contributorPlatform record · GitHub

Public trail

Where it showed up

1 reference from 1 publisher.

First trace: Hacker News2 months ago

01Hacker News
2 months ago
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open-source vulnerability scanner for source code
19 pointsOpen thread on hackernews

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