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Top Go Security repositories on GitHub

Offensive and defensive security tools and libraries. Filtered to projects whose primary language is Go.

Ranked by stars across 857 Go repositories tagged security. Refreshed daily.

  1. 1
    caddyserver/caddy75,884 · ⑂ 4,980

    Fast and extensible multi-platform HTTP/1-2-3 web server with automatic HTTPS

    • go
    • web-server
    • caddyfile
    • http
    • http-server
    • reverse-proxy
  2. 2
    aquasecurity/trivy37,992 · ⑂ 698

    Find vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, secrets, SBOM in containers, Kubernetes, code repositories, clouds and more

    • security
    • security-tools
    • docker
    • containers
    • vulnerability-scanners
    • vulnerability-detection
  3. 3
    projectdiscovery/nuclei31,340 · ⑂ 3,877

    Nuclei is a fast, customizable vulnerability scanner powered by the global security community and built on a simple YAML-based DSL, enabling collaboration to tackle trending vulnerabilities on the internet. It helps you find vulnerabilities in your applications, APIs, networks, DNS, and cloud configurations.

    • cve-scanner
    • subdomain-takeover
    • nuclei-engine
    • vulnerability-detection
    • vulnerability-assessment
    • vulnerability-scanner
  4. 4
    gitleaks/gitleaks29,401 · ⑂ 2,236

    Find secrets with Gitleaks 🔑

    • security
    • security-tools
    • git
    • golang
    • go
    • secret
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  6. 5
    authelia/authelia29,019 · ⑂ 1,488

    The Single Sign-On Multi-Factor portal for web apps. OpenID Certified™ and Post-Quantum Cryptography Ready.

    • totp
    • ldap
    • sso-authentication
    • two-factor-authentication
    • docker
    • kubernetes
  7. 6
    trufflesecurity/trufflehog28,002 · ⑂ 2,588

    Find, verify, and analyze leaked credentials

    • secret
    • trufflehog
    • credentials
    • security
    • devsecops
    • dynamic-analysis
  8. 7
    cilium/cilium25,374 · ⑂ 4,085

    eBPF-based Networking, Security, and Observability

    • containers
    • bpf
    • security
    • kubernetes
    • kubernetes-networking
    • cni
  9. 8
    slimtoolkit/slim23,413 · ⑂ 841

    Slim(toolkit): Don't change anything in your container image and minify it by up to 30x (and for compiled languages even more) making it secure too! (free and open source)

    • docker
    • containers
    • security
    • seccomp
    • apparmor
    • minify-images
  10. 9
    getsops/sops23,167 · ⑂ 1,082

    Simple and flexible tool for managing secrets

    • security
    • secret-distribution
    • devops
    • aws
    • pgp
    • gcp
  11. 10
    chaitin/SafeLine22,644 · ⑂ 1,537

    SafeLine is a self-hosted WAF(Web Application Firewall) / reverse proxy to protect your web apps from attacks and exploits.

    • firewall
    • http-flood
    • security
    • sql-injection
    • waf
    • web-application-firewall
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  13. 11
    TecharoHQ/anubis22,566 · ⑂ 727

    Weighs the soul of incoming HTTP requests to stop AI crawlers

    • defense
    • security
  14. 12
    twpayne/chezmoi21,668 · ⑂ 691

    Manage your dotfiles across multiple diverse machines, securely.

    • dotfiles
    • configuration
    • security
    • macos
    • linux
    • windows
  15. 13
    gravitational/teleport20,925 · ⑂ 2,157

    The easiest, and most secure way to access and protect all of your infrastructure.

    • ssh
    • go
    • bastion
    • teleport-binaries
    • certificate
    • golang
  16. 14
    bettercap/bettercap20,003 · ⑂ 1,720

    The Swiss Army knife for 802.11, BLE, HID, CAN-bus, IPv4 and IPv6 networks reconnaissance and MITM attacks.

    • password-sniffer
    • mitm
    • rogue-ap
    • wifi
    • hacking
    • security
  17. 15
    ory/hydra17,554 · ⑂ 1,609

    Internet-scale OpenID Certified™ OpenID Connect and OAuth2.1 provider that integrates with your user management through headless APIs. Solve OIDC/OAuth2 user cases over night. Consume as a service on Ory Network or self-host. Trusted by OpenAI and many others for scale and security. Written in Go.

    • hydra
    • oauth2
    • openid-connect
    • docker
    • server
    • security
  18. 16
    crowdsecurity/crowdsec14,912 · ⑂ 718

    CrowdSec - the open-source and participative security solution offering crowdsourced protection against malicious IPs and access to the most advanced real-world CTI.

    • security
    • linux
    • protection
    • detection
    • attacks-prevention
    • ids
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    shadow1ng/fscan14,579 · ⑂ 1,947

    一款内网综合扫描工具,方便一键自动化、全方位漏扫扫描。(An intranet comprehensive scanning tool, enabling one-click automated, all-round vulnerability scanning)

    • fscan
    • scanner
    • scanning
    • sec
    • security-tools
    • security
  21. 18
    bytebase/bytebase14,499 · ⑂ 983

    Database governance built for humans and agents — controlling changes and access across every major database.

    • mysql
    • tidb
    • postgresql
    • cicd
    • sql-client
    • oracle
  22. 19
    gophish/gophish14,231 · ⑂ 2,965

    Open-Source Phishing Toolkit

    • gophish
    • phishing
    • golang
    • security

Find Go engineers shipping Security

The list above ranks the most-starred public Go repositories tagged with the Security topic, drawn from the public GitHub graph. Across 857 matching repositories, the contributors are a tight cluster of engineers with both Go chops and real Security experience.

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Refolk searched GitHub for public Go repositories tagged with the Security topic, ranked them by stargazer count, and kept those with at least 25 stars. The list refreshes once a day.

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