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Dev tools · September 5, 2026

Achilles

Free, private cybersecurity AI code assistant

What it does

Achilles is a free, local cybersecurity harness. Pick a folder, hit scan, and triage leaked secrets, vulnerable packages, risky CI/cloud config, and dangerous code, in a durable Findings list on your machine. Any model from major providers. AI-generated code is wonderful, but since we no longer often review it, we can make Achilles our second set of eyes. Also includes full function/API/templating mapping utility and cybersecurity toolbelt.

Achilles is a free, local cybersecurity harness. Pick a folder, hit scan, and triage leaked secrets, vulnerable packages, risky CI/cloud config, and dangerous code, in a durable Findings list on your machine. Any model, or none. Arrav edge model coming soon, free.

Pick a folder. Hit Scan. Get a durable, triage-ready list of leaked secrets, vulnerable packages, risky CI/cloud config, dangerous code and much more, all on your machine. Use any model you already have access to including all major providers. Achilles is a full-fledged security product utility, not a simple chat wrapper. Achilles makes Codex, Claude Code, OpenCode and Cursor (and more) security aware. As a dedicated security assistant with optional MCP, it finds, triages and briefs on real findings so your harness can patch with full ledger context and far fewer tokens. You can continue using your preferred harness and avoid wasting tokens on high-cost AI inspection libraries. Achilles is…from achilles.sh

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