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cargo-fuzz

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Price fromFree$236/mo
Free planYesYes
Free trial—Yes
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Web—Yes
WindowsYesYes
macOSYesYes
LinuxYesYes
API—Yes
Self-hosted—Yes
Plans published12
Spec score · Fuzz Testing Software8.5 (#5)8.4 (#7)

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  • Mayhem for API Free PlanFree
  • Mayhem for API paid plans$236 a month

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cargo-fuzz

cargo-fuzz is a Cargo subcommand for fuzzing Rust code. It invokes libFuzzer through the libfuzzer-sys crate rather than acting as a fuzzer itself. Start a crate with `cargo fuzz init`, add a target with `cargo fuzz add `, then use `cargo fuzz run ` to search for bugs. The tool can reduce a failing input with `cargo fuzz tmin` or trim a corpus with `cargo fuzz cmin`; `cargo fuzz coverage` generates source-based coverage information in version 0.10.0 or newer. Documentation also covers structure-aware fuzzing and Cargo feature options, plus a GitHub Actions workflow for building and running targets in CI. It supports Linux, macOS and Windows, with documented systems including x86-64 Linux, x86-64 and Apple-Silicon macOS, and Windows with LLVM sanitizer support. Windows programs can also be fuzzed with MSVC AddressSanitizer. Installation is documented as `cargo install cargo-fuzz`. It requires nightly Rust and a C++11-capable compiler. The project is free and distributed under the MIT and Apache License 2.0.

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Mayhem

Mayhem is a security platform for testing code and APIs and assessing software components in a dashboard. Its fuzzing combines AI-powered, network-aware methods with symbolic execution and triage. For code, it generates tests autonomously to find vulnerabilities and supplies a reproduction and backtrace for each defect. Mayhem for API tests for OWASP Top 10 API weaknesses and supports stateful, agentless testing. Dynamic SBOM reachability analysis helps identify which software components are on the attack surface. The platform produces vendor-neutral SARIF reports and real-time notifications, and lists integrations with tools including GitHub, Jenkins, GitLab, Jira, Slack, CircleCI, Azure DevOps, Google Chat and Travis CI. Deployment options include managed SaaS, private cloud and closed-network installation; command-line tools run on macOS, Linux and Windows. The Mayhem for API free plan allows up to 50 scans per month. Paid API plans cost $236 a month, with additional scans, enterprise features and personalized support; a 30-day trial is listed for paid plans.

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