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vuls vs graudit
vuls has 12,343 GitHub stars, 1,246 forks, 92 open issues and last shipped today. graudit has 1,693 stars, 256 forks, 0 open issues and last shipped 1 months ago. vuls leads on adoption by 629% (12,343 vs 1,693 stars). vuls is written in Go under GPL-3.0; graudit is written in Shell under GPL-3.0. vuls has attracted 10% as many forks as stars, graudit 15%. vuls was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 3 topic tags (security, security-audit, security-tools), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| vuls | graudit | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 12K | ★ 1.7K |
| License | GPL-3.0 | GPL-3.0 |
| Written in | Go | Shell |
| Last push | 2026-11-14 | 2026-10-13 |
| Forks | ⑂ 1.2K | ⑂ 256 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick vuls if
- You weight community size — 12K stars and counting
- You want the GPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick graudit if
- You want the graudit feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the GPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Shell
- You evaluated both and graudit fits your workflow better
About vuls
Vuls: VULnerability Scanner Vulnerability scanner for Linux/FreeBSD, agent less, written in Go. Twitter: @vuls en Abstract For a system administrator, having to perform security vulnerability analysis and software update on a daily basis can be a burden. To avoid downtime in a production environment, it is common for a system administrator to choose not to use the automatic update option provided by the package manager and to perform update manually. This leads to the following problems. The system administrator will have to constantly watch out for any new vulnerabilities in NVD (National Vulnerability…
About graudit
graudit =============================================================================== graudit is a simple script and signature sets that allows you to find potential security flaws in source code using the GNU utility grep. It's comparable to other static analysis applications like RATS, SWAAT and flaw finder while keeping the technical requirements to a minimum and being very flexible. Installation =============================================================================== Installation can be done as a user or globally as root, simply run make with the userinstall or install argument. It is however…
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Frequently asked questions
Is vuls or graudit more popular?
vuls has 12,343 GitHub stars and graudit has 1,693. vuls has the larger community by that measure.
Are vuls and graudit free?
Both are open source. vuls is licensed under GPL-3.0 and graudit under GPL-3.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between vuls and graudit?
vuls is written in Go and graudit in Shell. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, vuls or graudit?
Choose vuls if you want the larger community (12,343 stars) or its GPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose graudit if its feature set, stack or GPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.