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24 alternatives to Mayhem Security

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Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Mayhem Security launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Mayhem for API▲70

   Automated REST API testing to find bugs in minutes

   2021 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Federacy▲203

   Bug bounty and security testing platform.

   2018 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Superblocks▲426

   Save 100s of hours building internal apps, workflows & jobs

   2022 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Phase▲384

   Open source application secrets manager

   2024 · phase.dev · its alternatives →

5. 5HP
   HackerThings - Products for hackers▲364

   2011 · hackerthings.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Beagle Security for Enterprises▲259

   Boost enterprise app security with automated AI pentesting

   2024 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   HackGATE▲128

   Empowering ethical hacking with visibility and control

   2024 · hackgate.io · its alternatives →

8. 8
   HackenProof▲74

   A crowd-sourced cyber security testing platform

   2019 · its alternatives →

9. 9SI
   Superblocks – IDE for Internal Apps, APIs and Cron Jobs▲193

   Hey HN, I’m Brad, one of the creators of Superblocks and a YC alum, excited to share our internal tooling IDE. As developers ourselves, we faced the problem of building tons of internal admin UIs, backends to connect siloed data, reporting jobs, and data pipelines. For UIs we would build one-off React components. For integrations, we would have to decipher vendor docs and implement auth. Finally, for reporting jobs we had to handle failures and observability – many hours of repetitive engineering effort. So we built Superblocks, an internal tooling IDE to connect to any datasource…

   2022 · superblocks.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Phase▲107

    Open source application secrets manager

    2025 · phase.dev · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Templarbit▲144

    Security for modern teams running software

    2017 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    CrowdSec▲74

    The massively multiplayer firewall

    2021 · its alternatives →

13. 13HC
    Hackajob.co – Talent Matchmaking and Get Hired by Hacking▲42

    2014 · hackajob.co · its alternatives →

14. 14
    ETHIACK▲133

    24/7 offensive security testing with 99% accuracy

    2023 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Phase▲159

    Open-source secrets management for developers

    2023 · its alternatives →

16. 16HF
    Hacker Feud▲32

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Aikido Attack▲112

    Get a pentest done, today.

    Dec 2025 · aikido.dev · its alternatives →

18. 18
    BestDefense.io▲135

    Pentest and patch every deploy with AI

    Jun 2026 · bestdefense.io · its alternatives →

19. 19
    MockLock▲15

    The comprehensive platform for developers.

    2025 · mocklock.vercel.app · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Beagle▲74

    Secure your website before hackers break into it.

    2018 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    SOOS▲68

    Developer security, license, compliance and testing platform

    2021 · its alternatives →

22. 22HH
    Hacker Hiring Hunt, a small React app to search who's hiring▲57

    2016 · benchurch.me · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Open Source Security Management by FOSSA▲66

    Automate app security with OSS vulnerability management

    2020 · its alternatives →

24. 24MW
    My weekend project, Frontends – a Hacker News for Front-end developers▲56

    2014 · frontends.org · its alternatives →

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