Opengrep

Opengrep is an open-source code security engine forked from SemgrepCE (formerly SemgrepOSS). It aims to democratize Static Application Security Testing (SAST) and empower developers to build more secure software.

Key features and benefits:

• Accessible static code analysis: Opengrep provides a smart taint-aware pattern matcher for analyzing large codebases quickly and efficiently.
• Open-source commitment: Unlike its predecessor, Opengrep ensures that its engine and rules remain fully open-source and accessible to everyone.
• Community-driven development: A consortium of 10+ organizations in the application security space are backing Opengrep, pooling resources and expertise to advance static code analysis.
• Backward compatibility: Opengrep supports common JSON and SARIF outputs, enabling easy adoption and integration into existing workflows.
• Long-term assurance: Users can be confident that their rules won't be locked into specific vendors, allowing for portability across different code security providers.

Why Opengrep matters:

1. Democratizing security: By keeping critical features open-source, Opengrep ensures that discovering security issues remains accessible to all developers.
2. Improved capabilities: Without hiding essential metadata and scanning capabilities behind a login, Opengrep offers a more capable scanning engine.