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.
- 1caddyserver/caddy★ 75,884 · ⑂ 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
- 2aquasecurity/trivy★ 37,992 · ⑂ 698
Find vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, secrets, SBOM in containers, Kubernetes, code repositories, clouds and more
- security
- security-tools
- docker
- containers
- vulnerability-scanners
- vulnerability-detection
- 3projectdiscovery/nuclei★ 31,340 · ⑂ 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
- 4gitleaks/gitleaks★ 29,401 · ⑂ 2,236
Find secrets with Gitleaks 🔑
- security
- security-tools
- git
- golang
- go
- secret
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- 5authelia/authelia★ 29,019 · ⑂ 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
- 6trufflesecurity/trufflehog★ 28,002 · ⑂ 2,588
Find, verify, and analyze leaked credentials
- secret
- trufflehog
- credentials
- security
- devsecops
- dynamic-analysis
- 7cilium/cilium★ 25,374 · ⑂ 4,085
eBPF-based Networking, Security, and Observability
- containers
- bpf
- security
- kubernetes
- kubernetes-networking
- cni
- 8slimtoolkit/slim★ 23,413 · ⑂ 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
- 9getsops/sops★ 23,167 · ⑂ 1,082
Simple and flexible tool for managing secrets
- security
- secret-distribution
- devops
- aws
- pgp
- gcp
- 10chaitin/SafeLine★ 22,644 · ⑂ 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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- 11TecharoHQ/anubis★ 22,566 · ⑂ 727
Weighs the soul of incoming HTTP requests to stop AI crawlers
- defense
- security
- 12twpayne/chezmoi★ 21,668 · ⑂ 691
Manage your dotfiles across multiple diverse machines, securely.
- dotfiles
- configuration
- security
- macos
- linux
- windows
- 13gravitational/teleport★ 20,925 · ⑂ 2,157
The easiest, and most secure way to access and protect all of your infrastructure.
- ssh
- go
- bastion
- teleport-binaries
- certificate
- golang
- 14bettercap/bettercap★ 20,003 · ⑂ 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
- 15ory/hydra★ 17,554 · ⑂ 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
- 16crowdsecurity/crowdsec★ 14,912 · ⑂ 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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- 17shadow1ng/fscan★ 14,579 · ⑂ 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
- 18bytebase/bytebase★ 14,499 · ⑂ 983
Database governance built for humans and agents — controlling changes and access across every major database.
- mysql
- tidb
- postgresql
- cicd
- sql-client
- oracle
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