CVE Binary Tool vs Eclipse Steady
CVE Binary Tool
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Eclipse Steady
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| Figure | CVE Binary Tool | Eclipse Steady |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Software Composition Analysis Software | 8.0 (#19) | 8.6 (#5) |
| Purpose | CVE Binary Tool scans software to identify known vulnerabilities in detected or listed components. | Eclipse Steady analyzes Java and Python applications for dependencies with known vulnerabilities and helps developers mitigate them. |
| Reports | Supported report formats include console, CSV, JSON, JSON2, HTML, and PDF. | The Gradle tutorial says summary reports can be written in HTML, XML, and JSON, and a build exception is thrown by default when the application includes a library with known vulnerabilities. |
| Vulnerability data | The tool uses vulnerability data from NVD, Red Hat, OSV, GitLab Advisory Database, and Curl. | The Docker deployment guide says vulnerability data is imported from the project knowledge base, updated daily after the initial import, and may take up to two hours to process initially. |
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CVE Binary Tool
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Eclipse Steady
Eclipse Steady is an open-source tool for analyzing Java and Python applications that depend on open-source components with known vulnerabilities. It combines static and dynamic analysis to determine whether vulnerable code is reachable or executed in an application context, using a code-focused, usage-based assessment rather than metadata alone. The project includes Java and Python client tools, server-side REST services, and web frontends. Documentation covers Java scans for Maven, Gradle, and command-line workflows, plus Python command-line scanning. Jenkins and other continuous-integration systems can automate scans. Java Maven reports can be written as HTML, XML, or JSON. Its backend runs as a Docker Compose application during scans, storing vulnerability information and results. Initial setup processes code-level vulnerability data, followed by daily delta updates. Eclipse Steady is free under Apache License 2.0; version 3.2.5 is labeled an Incubator Project.