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Semgrep

Semgrep

Static analysis at the speed of thought

Semgrep is a fast, open-source static analysis tool for finding bugs and security issues. Write custom rules or use community rulesets. Supports 30+ languages.

Panel Reviews

The Builder

The Builder

Developer Perspective

Ship

Fast, accurate, and the custom rule syntax is intuitive. Catches real security bugs without drowning in false positives.

The Skeptic

The Skeptic

Reality Check

Ship

The rule syntax is what makes Semgrep special. Writing custom rules for your codebase patterns is genuinely easy.

The Futurist

The Futurist

Big Picture

Ship

Custom static analysis rules will become standard in CI. Semgrep's approach scales from security to code quality.

Community Sentiment

Overall1,740 mentions
68% positive21% neutral11% negative
Hacker News387 mentions
71%20%9%

The custom rule syntax is surprisingly approachable — wrote a rule to catch our internal API misuse in 10 minutes

Reddit498 mentions
67%22%11%

Using Semgrep in CI to catch security issues before they hit prod, game changer for our team

Twitter/X710 mentions
65%23%12%

Semgrep community rules are a goldmine for catching OWASP Top 10 issues automatically

Product Hunt145 mentions
73%18%9%

Open-source and actually catches real bugs, not just style issues like most linters