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Security open-source projects

OpenSrc lists 91 repositories about Security with open issues for new contributors, and 52 of them are first-PR friendly. Between them they have 1,730 open good first issues and 1,479 help-wanted issues. The median welcome score is 74/100, and the best-scored right now are x64dbg/x64dbg, rizinorg/rizin and jason5ng32/MyIP. Most are written in Go, C and Java. Many also touch DevOps & Cloud and Web Frontend.

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x64dbg/x64dbg
An open-source user mode debugger for Windows. Optimized for reverse engineering and malware analysis.
44good first issues
- C++
- Field: Security
- Stars:49.6K
- committed 2d ago
- CONTRIBUTING
- replies in ~6h
Score97 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
rizinorg/rizin
UNIX-like reverse engineering framework and command-line toolset.
67good first issues+39 help wanted
- C
- Field: Security
- Field: CLI Tools
- Stars:3.9K
- committed 13h ago
- LGPL-3.0
- CONTRIBUTING
- replies in ~9h
Score96 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
jason5ng32/MyIP
The best IP Toolbox. Check your IP address & geolocation, test IP for WebRTC and DNS IP leaks, run an IP…
17good first issues+5 help wanted
- JavaScript
- Field: Networking
- Field: Security
- Stars:12K
- committed 1h ago
- MIT
- CONTRIBUTING
- replies in ~8h
Score94 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
DependencyTrack/dependency-track
Dependency-Track is an intelligent Component Analysis platform that allows organizations to identify and…
33good first issues+40 help wanted
- Java
- Field: Security
- Stars:4.2K
- committed 10h ago
- Apache-2.0
- CONTRIBUTING
- replies in ~16h
Score94 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
tailscale/tailscale
The easiest, most secure way to use WireGuard and 2FA.
9good first issues+9 help wanted
- Go
- Field: Security
- Stars:37K
- committed 4h ago
- BSD-3-Clause
- CONTRIBUTING
- replies in ~18h
Score92 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
openssl/openssl
General purpose TLS and crypto library
13good first issues+216 help wanted
- C
- Field: Security
- Field: Blockchain
- Stars:30.9K
- committed 2d ago
- Apache-2.0
- CONTRIBUTING
- replies in ~2h
Score92 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
radareorg/radare2
UNIX-like reverse engineering framework and command-line toolset
62good first issues
- C
- Field: Security
- Field: CLI Tools
- Stars:24.9K
- committed 11h ago
- CONTRIBUTING
- replies in ~4h
Score91 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
cryptomator/cryptomator
Cryptomator for Windows, macOS, and Linux: Secure client-side encryption for your cloud storage, ensuring…
14good first issues
- Java
- Field: Security
- Field: DevOps
- Stars:16.2K
- committed 1d ago
- GPL-3.0
- CONTRIBUTING
- replies in ~27h
Score91 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
PrivateBin/PrivateBin
A minimalist, open source online pastebin where the server has zero knowledge of pasted data. Data is…
13good first issues+23 help wanted
- PHP
- Field: Security
- Field: Blockchain
- Stars:8.6K
- committed 16h ago
- CONTRIBUTING
- replies in ~21h
Score91 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
GyulyVGC/sniffnet
Comfortably monitor your network traffic 🕵️‍♂️
10good first issues+10 help wanted
- Rust
- Field: Networking
- Field: Security
- Stars:41.3K
- committed 1w ago
- Apache-2.0
- CONTRIBUTING
- replies in ~5h
Score89 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
rclone/rclone
"rsync for cloud storage" - Google Drive, S3, Dropbox, Backblaze B2, One Drive, Swift, Hubic, Wasabi, Google…
12good first issues+180 help wanted
- Go
- Field: DevOps
- Field: Security
- Stars:60K
- committed 3d ago
- MIT
- CONTRIBUTING
- replies in ~3d
Score87 out of 100 contributor score, very welcoming
e-m-b-a/emba
EMBA - The firmware security analyzer
9good first issues+10 help wanted
- Shell
- Field: Embedded
- Field: Security
- Stars:3.7K
- committed 1d ago
- GPL-3.0
- CONTRIBUTING
- replies in ~5h
Score87 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
ch-bas/cctv-camera-database
Open database of 27,000+ CCTV camera specs across 220+ brands, with Frigate and ONVIF/RTS integration, CC0
9good first issues+18 help wanted
- JavaScript
- Field: Databases
- Field: Security
- Stars:275
- committed 21h ago
- CONTRIBUTING
- replies in ~7h
Score86 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
zitadel/zitadel
ZITADEL - Identity infrastructure, simplified for you.
43good first issues+7 help wanted
- Go
- Field: Security
- Field: DevOps
- Stars:15.1K
- committed 1d ago
- AGPL-3.0
- CONTRIBUTING
Score85 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
gchq/CyberChef
The Cyber Swiss Army Knife - a web app for encryption, encoding, compression and data analysis
3good first issues+54 help wanted
- JavaScript
- Field: Data Science
- Field: Security
- Stars:36K
- committed 3d ago
- Apache-2.0
- CONTRIBUTING
- replies in ~2d
Score84 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
testssl/testssl.sh
Testing TLS/SSL encryption anywhere on any port
5good first issues+23 help wanted
- Shell
- Field: Networking
- Field: Scientific Computing
- Stars:9.2K
- committed 20h ago
- GPL-2.0
- CONTRIBUTING
- replies in ~21h
Score84 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
opensearch-project/security
🔐 Secure your cluster with TLS, numerous authentication backends, data masking, audit logging as well as…
15good first issues+37 help wanted
- Java
- Field: Security
- Field: Backend
- Stars:253
- committed 6h ago
- Apache-2.0
- CONTRIBUTING
- replies in ~2d
Score84 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
TecharoHQ/anubis
Weighs the soul of incoming HTTP requests to stop AI crawlers
3good first issues+3 help wanted
- Go
- Field: Security
- Field: Machine Learning
- Stars:22.8K
- committed 12h ago
- MIT
- CONTRIBUTING
- replies in ~31h
Score83 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
zizmorcore/zizmor
Static analysis for GitHub Actions
7good first issues+10 help wanted
- Rust
- Field: Security
- Stars:6.6K
- committed 4h ago
- MIT
- CONTRIBUTING
- replies in ~25h
Score83 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
keepassxreboot/keepassxc
KeePassXC is a cross-platform community-driven port of the Windows application “KeePass Password Safe”.
4good first issues+17 help wanted
- C++
- Field: Security
- Field: OS
- Stars:29K
- committed 7d ago
- CONTRIBUTING
- replies in ~1h
Score82 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
zaproxy/zaproxy
The ZAP by Checkmarx Core project
11good first issues+2 help wanted
- Java
- Field: Security
- Stars:15.8K
- committed 5d ago
- Apache-2.0
- CONTRIBUTING
- replies in ~10h
Score82 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
thunder-id/thunderid
ThunderID is a high-performance, open-source identity stack designed for developers to secure and manage…
37good first issues
- Go
- Field: Security
- Field: Machine Learning
- Stars:586
- committed just now
- Apache-2.0
- CONTRIBUTING
- replies in ~11h
Score82 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
open-quantum-safe/oqs-provider
OpenSSL 3+ provider containing post-quantum algorithms
10good first issues+17 help wanted
- C
- Field: Security
- Stars:501
- committed 1w ago
- MIT
- CONTRIBUTING
- replies in ~14h
Score82 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
google/osv-scanner
Vulnerability scanner written in Go which uses the data provided by https://osv.dev
5good first issues
- Go
- Field: Security
- Field: Networking
- Stars:11.1K
- committed 5h ago
- Apache-2.0
- CONTRIBUTING
- replies in ~32h
Score81 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
Graylog2/graylog2-server
Free and open log management
12good first issues
- Java
- Field: Observability
- Field: Security
- Stars:8.2K
- committed just now
- CONTRIBUTING
Score81 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
zeek/zeek
Zeek is a powerful network analysis framework that is much different from the typical IDS you may know.
9good first issues
- C++
- Field: Security
- Field: Networking
- Stars:8K
- committed 4d ago
- CONTRIBUTING
- replies in ~8h
Score80 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
SasanLabs/VulnerableApp
OWASP VulnerableApp Project: Break it. Scan it. Reproduce it. Benchmark against it. Improve it.
71good first issues+23 help wanted
- Java
- Field: Security
- Field: Web Frontend
- Stars:467
- committed 1h ago
- Apache-2.0
- CONTRIBUTING
Score80 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
ente/ente
💚 End-to-end encrypted cloud for everything.
1good first issue+3 help wanted
- Dart
- Field: Mobile
- Field: Security
- Stars:29.2K
- committed just now
- AGPL-3.0
- CONTRIBUTING
- replies in ~2d
Score79 out of 100 contributor score, very welcoming
wasp-lang/wasp
The batteries-included full-stack framework for the AI era. Develop JS/TS web apps (React, Node.js, and…
3good first issues+3 help wanted
- TypeScript
- Field: Web Frontend
- Field: Machine Learning
- Stars:18.8K
- committed 12h ago
- MIT
- CONTRIBUTING
- replies in ~7h
Score79 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
MISP/MISP
MISP (core software) - Open Source Threat Intelligence and Sharing Platform
17good first issues+28 help wanted
- PHP
- Field: Security
- Stars:6.6K
- committed 17h ago
- AGPL-3.0
- CONTRIBUTING
- replies in ~13d
Score79 out of 100 contributor score, very welcoming

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