AI · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Patdown
Frisk your diff for security holes before it ships.
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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dif.sh▲373Markdown feature flags your coding agent installs for you
Aug 2026 · dif.sh · its alternatives →
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Automated security assistant for developers
2020 · shieldfy.io · its alternatives →
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CodeThreat▲104AI that spots real risks and keeps your code safe.
2023 · codethreat.com · its alternatives →
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Hello everyone. I've been working on this experimental editor called Huzzah. I've been working almost exclusively with coding agents since January of this year, and over the past few months I began to feel utterly exhausted by them. They're great, but I'm finding it more and more tedious to write full sentences for every change I want. Not only that, but it seems there's a complexity limit for codebases - beyond a certain point the agent begins confusing itself. I'd like to go back to writing code, but I don't want to go all the way back to fully manual coding. So I've come up with this…
Aug 2026 · danielvaughn.dev · its alternatives →
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A vetting pipeline for remote developers
2023 · skillsoverpaper.com · its alternatives →
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Catch PII leaks in code & keep your PII inventory current
2024 · hounddog.ai · its alternatives →
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Gammacode▲269Web and Terminal agents that scan, fix, and ship secure code
Oct 2025 · its alternatives →
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Hi, I’m Kenny, I’ve been building aislop. I starting working on this after using Claude Code, codex and opencode several times and noticing some slops. They aren’t syntax and passes most tests, they are patterns like empty catch blocks, useless comments, duplicated helpers, dead code and many more. So I built a tool to scan and check for these patterns and wired it into hooks so after each tool call, the agent checks for the slops. You can try it out with npx aislop scan. It’s all local and no code is transferred. Thank you.
May 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hacksplaining teaches secure coding through interactive lessons where you exploit attacks, then learn fixes. Free. 45+ lessons covering OWASP Top 10 and AI-era threats.
2016 · hacksplaining.com · its alternatives →
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We needed something like --dangerously-skip-permissions that doesn’t nuke your untracked files, exfiltrate your keys, or install malware. Claude Code's permission system is allow-or-deny per tool, but that doesn’t really scale. Deleting some files is fine sometimes. And git checkout is sometimes not fine. Even when you curate permissions, 200 IQ Opus can find a way around it. Maintaining a deny list is a fool's errand. nah is a PreToolUse hook that classifies every tool call by what it actually does, using a deterministic classifier that runs in milliseconds. It maps commands to action types…
Mar 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, We’re two developers (co-founders) with a team of 20 who got tired of spending hours reviewing PRs, so we built Infinitcode.ai, an AI-powered code reviewer that: - *Summarizes PRs in plain English*: No more deciphering 1,000-line diff jungles - *Catches more than bugs*: Security holes, performance pitfalls, code smells, even typos (yes, we’ll flag “vurnerabilities” and vulnerabilities) - *Zero onboarding*: Works instantly—no “let me learn your codebase for weeks” nonsense. Why we’re posting: We’re in alpha and need brutal honesty. Roast our tool, mock our UI, or tell us why AI will…
2025 · infinitcode.ai · 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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A pre-execution guard for AI coding agents. It blocks destructive Git and file system commands, plus common attempts to access sensitive files, before a tool call runs. Supports Amp Code, Antigravity CLI, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot CLI, Grok Build, Hermes Agent, Kimi Code
Dec 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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We now write most of our code with agents. For a while, PRs piled up, causing review fatigue, and we had this sinking feeling that standards were slipping. Consistency is tough at this volume. I’m sharing the solution we found, which has become our main product. Continue (https://docs.continue.dev) runs AI checks on every PR. Each check is a source-controlled markdown file in `.continue/checks/` that shows up as a GitHub status check. They run as full agents, not just reading the diff, but able to read/write files, run bash commands, and use a browser. If it finds…
Feb 2026 · docs.continue.dev · 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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Scans agent skill and rule files for poisoned instructions.
Jun 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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0pirate▲7The zero-knowledge engineer that fixes code without seeing
Nov 2025 · 0pirate.com · its alternatives →
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