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24 alternatives to OSV, Database for open source vulnerabilities

Comprehensive vulnerability database for your open source projects and dependencies.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. OSV, Database for open source vulnerabilities launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    A crowdsourced database of open source alternatives

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    Opengrep▲340

    The open source code security engine

    2025 · opengrep.dev · its alternatives →

  3. 3OD
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    Discover the best open-source projects

    2024 · oss.gallery · its alternatives →

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    Find vulnerabilities in open-source code.

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    A curated database of insecure Python packages. Contribute to pyupio/safety-db development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Powerful PostgreSQL tool is now open source for self-hosting

    2021 · supabase.com · its alternatives →

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    Hippobase▲171

    Self-host open source databases in one click

    2021 · hippobase.io · its alternatives →

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    A project which groups together curated open source intelligence tools, frameworks, and techniques.

    Apr 2026 · osintradar.com · its alternatives →

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    We're launching SecureBuild: https://securebuild.com — a new way for open source projects and maintainers to earn revenue by partnering with and endorsing our Zero-CVE container images of their project. We’ve spent the last decade at Replicated (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9841243) helping commercial and open source software vendors securely distribute their apps to enterprise environments. During that time, we saw firsthand how hard it is for maintainers to fund their work, and how increasingly demanding enterprises have become when it comes to demonstrable…

    2025 · securebuild.com · its alternatives →

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    A curated list of free OSS developer-first security tools

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    An awesome list of OSS developer-first security tools - boxyhq/awesome-oss-devsec

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    100+ open source repositories

    2022 · hackfestwithfueler.softr.app · its alternatives →

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    OSv▲63

    Free Open Source OS for Cloud-Based Startups

    2014 · osv.io · its alternatives →

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    An open source security scanner for Visual Studio Code

    2020 · snyk.io · its alternatives →

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    Automate app security with OSS vulnerability management

    2020 · fossa.com · its alternatives →

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    HelixDB▲105

    An open-source OLTP graph-vector database built in Rust.

    Feb 2026 · helix-db.com · its alternatives →

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    A categorized list of incidents in the OSS space

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A collection of open-source projects built with Dub.

    2024 · oss.gallery · its alternatives →

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    Linux Foundation survey says 70-90% of modern software constitute OSS code. Yet we are stuck with tools that scan only for vulnerabilities in 3rd party libraries and that too with high degree of false positives. I built `vet` for policy and data driven analysis of 3rd party packages that goes beyond only vulnerability and allows codifying organisational policies related to OSS consumption. https://github.com/safedep/vet Looking forward to feedback and suggestions from HN :)

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    I work on R00M 101, a Reddit-based OSINT profiler. While building it, I realized most open-source intelligence (OSINT) tools are scattered across GitHub, outdated blog posts, or random Discords. So I put together a public-facing directory of 100+ OSINT tools used by analysts, journalists, and security folks, free, filterable, and categorized by risk, platform, and use case. The idea was to make something useful and no-friction. Built with static HTML + SQL backend + a lot of caffeine. Would love feedback on how to improve the UX or tool curation. If anyone wants to contribute tools or help…

    2025 · r00m101.com · its alternatives →

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    IronDB is now ImmortalDB: https://github.com/gruns/ImmortalDB - gruns/irondb

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    security, vulnerability, exploit, CVE, intelligence, linux

    2018 · vulners.com · its alternatives →

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