Guardana
Customizable security gates for AI systems
Guardana launched on August 12, 2026 with 3 votes, #2,940 of 23,274 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches.
What it does
Guardana is an open-source AI security framework built to adapt to your system. Use 47 built-in checks or add your own YAML/Python rules, evaluators and targets for application-specific risks. Scan artifacts, probe models, agents and MCP servers, analyze real execution traces and block releases on security regressions. Run it locally, in pytest or CI/CD — no mandatory cloud, account or telemetry.
Scan AI artifacts offline, probe live systems, and compare security runs with Guardana.
Guardana is an open-source AI security verification tool for security and platform engineers that checks model and code artifacts, live AI systems, and recorded runs, with scans that run fully offline. An offline starter: find a problem, fix it, and keep the evidence. Follow the first-run guide . By default the command above selects stable releases. To install or upgrade to a candidate, use pip install --upgrade --pre guardana-cli or follow the install guide . unpickling imports 1 non-allowlisted callable(s) (set 705e9da4c561): posix.system config.json names a Hub kernel repo transformers imports on load 12 finding(s); 19 rule(s) run, 0 skipped. 5 component(s) observed. → exit 1 Alongside…from guardana.dev
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