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Semgrep
Lightweight static analysis tool for finding bugs and enforcing code standards across languages
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Scalability
very high
Performance
high
Learning Curve
easy
Maturity
stable
Languages: Python, OCaml
Architecture: pattern-matching, ast-based, multi-language
When to Use
- +Multi-language codebases
- +Custom security rules
- +CI integration
- +SAST needed
When Not to Use
- -Single simple project
- -No security requirements
Strengths
- Multi-language
- Easy custom rules
- Fast scanning
- 11k+ stars
- Supply chain analysis
- OSS + enterprise
Weaknesses
- Advanced features paywalled
- Smaller rule library than commercial tools
Operations
Maintenance
low
Monitoring
low
Backup/Recovery
simple
Hosting: self-hosted, cloud, ci-integration
Quick Facts
- Category
- Code Quality
- License
- open source
- Pricing
- freemium (free tier)
- Community
- large
- Docs Quality
- excellent
- Trend
- rapidly growing
- Vendor Lock-in
- low
- Data Portability
- easy
Compliance
GDPR
HIPAA
SOC 2
PCI-DSS
Encryption
Audit Logs
RBAC
MFA
Best For
startupsmallmediumlargeenterprise
Use Cases
- Security scanning
- Custom code rules
- Code review automation
- SAST
- Supply chain security
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