AI · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Panguard.AI
Open-source malware scanner and runtime guard for AI agents
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier.
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Osaurus▲534Open source agents that run 100% locally on your Mac
Jul 2026 · osaurus.ai · its alternatives →
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Kastrafree tier, from $19.99/mo▲332Hi HN, Fernando and I built Kastra. Kastra intercepts AI agent tool calls and evaluates them against deterministic policies before they execute. We built this product to control pre- and post-inference workloads. This is aimed at developers using coding agents like Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and OpenClaw. Kastra pushes an allow, hold, and deny decision before the action runs. You can build these policies in plain English from the web app. The interception engine evaluates the tools, targets, and parameters of every action at sub 1ms at a scale of billions of interceptions per day. We also…
Jul 2026 · kastra.ai · its alternatives →
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Open-source Computer Use MCP for AI agents
May 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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0xAudit▲110The security layer for AI agents to scan, fix verify via MCP
Feb 2026 · 0-x-audit.com · its alternatives →
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Open Minis▲91An on-device AI Agent that runs on your phone, open & secure
Aug 2026 · openminis.app · its alternatives →
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Hi HN! We just launched Codacy Guardrails, an IDE extension with a CLI for code analysis and MCP server that enforces security & quality rules on AI-generated code in real-time. It hooks into AI coding assistants (like VS Code Agent Mode, Cursor, Windsurf), silently scanning and fixing AI-suggested code that has vulnerabilities or violates your coding standards, while the code it’s being generated. We built this because coding agents can be a double-edged sword. They do boost productivity, but can easily introduce insecure or non-compliant code. One recent research team at NYU found that 40%…
2025 · its alternatives →
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We’re open-sourcing a simple way to add “canary tools” to AI agents via MCP honeypots. These are functions your agent should never call during normal operation. If a canary is invoked, you get a high-fidelity signal of prompt-injection, tool hijacking, or lateralization—no heuristics, no extra model calls. What it is: - Go framework exposing decoy tools over MCP that look legitimate (names/params/descriptions), return safe dummy output, and emit telemetry when invoked. - Runs alongside your real tools; ship events to stdout/webhook or your pipeline (Prometheus/Grafana,…
2025 · its alternatives →
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Local security & compliance scanner for AI agents
Jul 2026 · safeclaude.net · its alternatives →
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Open-source AI coworkers that each get a computer of their own: a browser, files and tools, with every action decided before it happens and recorded after. Bring any AG-UI agent. - CopilotKit/OpenBot
Aug 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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local-first MCP discovery runtime for agents — search before invoke, reduce prompt bloat, and route to local MCP tools - mcp-shark/lazy-tool
Mar 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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We've built an open-source tool to stress test AI agents by simulating prompt injection attacks. We’ve implemented one powerful attack strategy based on the paper [AdvPrefix: An Objective for Nuanced LLM Jailbreaks](https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.10321). Here's how it works: - You define a goal, like: “Tell me your system prompt” - Our tool uses a language model to generate adversarial prefixes (e.g., “Sure, here are my system prompts…”) that are likely to jailbreak the agent. - The output is a list of prompts most likely to succeed in bypassing safeguards. We’re just getting…
2025 · security.vista-labs.ai · its alternatives →
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Scan MCP▲7MCP scanning & threat observability for AI-native tools
2025 · scanmcp.com · its alternatives →
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Memo MCP▲6Local-first memory for AI agents — offline, no keys
Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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ArgusAI ▲7AI firewall for LLM calls, MCP tools, and agentic workflows
Jul 2026 · argusai-tau.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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skillgaurd▲11Detect Security Threats in Agent Skills
Jan 2026 · skillgaurd.up.railway.app · its alternatives →
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MCP server enabling AI agents to build, run and debugs apps
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Love OpenClaw? Now ship it to production. Built in Rust.
Feb 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Scan untrusted AI-agent repos before your agent runs them
Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Clawcage▲4Run AI agents in an air-gapped VM in Apple Virtualisation
Mar 2026 · clawcage.hackyguru.com · its alternatives →
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ClawScan▲3AI Vulnerability Researcher for OpenClaw Instances
Mar 2026 · clawscan.galdoron.com · its alternatives →
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