Eclipse Steady vs Finite State Platform
Eclipse Steady
eclipse-steady.github.ioFinite State Platform
finitestate.ioSide by side
| Figure | Eclipse Steady | Finite State Platform |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 0 |
| Spec score · Software Composition Analysis Software | 8.6 (#5) | 7.4 (#47) |
| Purpose | Eclipse Steady analyzes Java and Python applications for dependencies with known vulnerabilities and helps developers mitigate them. | Finite State describes its platform as a product security system for connected devices that links firmware, binaries, source code, and compliance evidence in reviewable workflows. |
Plans
In their own words
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.
Finite State Platform
Finite State Platform has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.