Bandit vs Security Code Scan

Bandit is free software for finding common security issues in Python source code. It builds an abstract syntax tree from scanned files and runs plugins against that tree, then produces a report. A JSON baseline can exclude findings that a team considers non-issues. The project is distributed through PyPI and recommends installation with pip. It runs on Linux and macOS and can be used in self-hosted environments. Optional installation extras add TOML support, the bandit-baseline command-line tool, and SARIF output formatting. Documentation describes pre-commit configuration and integrations with Visual Studio Code, Sublime Text, Vim, Neovim, Emacs, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Ruff, and Flake8. A published container image supports amd64, arm64, armv7, and armv8 architectures. The project says images are signed with Sigstore Cosign and provides source-verification instructions. Bandit is licensed under Apache License 2.0, with support links to GitHub issues and Discord.

Security Code Scan is a free, open-source static analyzer for .NET projects written in C# and VB.NET. It detects vulnerability patterns such as SQL injection, cross-site scripting, CSRF, and XML external entity injection, using inter-procedural taint analysis to follow input data. Projects can be analyzed in the background through IntelliSense or during a build. For delivery workflows, it supports GitHub and GitLab pipelines, MSBuild, and a stand-alone runner; custom integrations can emit SARIF results and place warnings alongside other build messages. Users can define taint sources, sinks, sanitizers, validators, and project-specific settings. The analyzer supports Visual Studio 2019 or higher, while the project says other Roslyn analyzer editors such as Rider or OmniSharp should work. Releases are available as a NuGet package, Visual Studio extension, and stand-alone runner for Windows and Linux. The maker warns that the extension or NuGet package can slow the IDE and recommends CI/CD pipelines as the more common use case. Audit mode is off by default. The repository identifies an LGPL-3.0 license.