cargo-deny vs FossID Workbench
cargo-deny
embarkstudios.github.io
FossID Workbench
fossid.comSide by side
| Figure | cargo-deny | FossID Workbench |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | — |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 0 | 1 |
| Spec score · Software Composition Analysis Software | 7.8 (#31) | 8.2 (#12) |
| Audience | The project is intended for Rust projects whose dependencies are managed with Cargo. | FossID describes its customers as enterprise software teams and says its users span engineering, legal, compliance, and security roles. |
| Integrations | The project documents a GitHub Action for running cargo-deny in continuous integration and a pre-commit hook. | Workbench can import code from GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket, and supports CI/CD workflows, a Workbench Agent, and an API for custom scans, gates, and notifications. |
| Purpose | cargo-deny is a Cargo plugin for linting a project’s dependency graph against configured expectations and requirements. | FossID Workbench is a software composition analysis tool for identifying third-party components, licenses, and vulnerabilities in codebases. |
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In their own words
cargo-deny
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FossID Workbench
FossID Workbench is a software composition analysis tool for identifying and governing third-party software in codebases. It analyzes direct and transitive dependencies, scans unmanaged source code across programming languages, and detects embedded open-source snippets, including modified code. ID Assist proposes component identifications, while License Extractor extracts file-level license text. Vulnerable Snippet Finder locates code blocks linked to CVEs, with VEX data adding exploitability context. Workbench creates, imports, consolidates, and exports software bills of materials with component, license, vulnerability, and usage information in SPDX or CycloneDX formats. Policy Management can enforce license, security, and usage rules across projects. GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket imports are supported, alongside CI/CD scanning, gating, pull-request notifications, and API workflows. Deployment options include cloud, hybrid, on-premises, and offline air-gapped setups. It supports many ecosystems, including JavaScript, Java/Kotlin, Python, Rust, Go, C/C++, .NET, and others. Pricing is available on request.