Eclipse Steady vs OWASP dep-scan
Eclipse Steady
eclipse-steady.github.ioOWASP dep-scan
owasp.github.ioSide by side
| Figure | Eclipse Steady | OWASP dep-scan |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Software Composition Analysis Software | 8.6 (#5) | 7.8 (#33) |
| Purpose | Eclipse Steady analyzes Java and Python applications for dependencies with known vulnerabilities and helps developers mitigate them. | Audits project dependencies, container images, and operating systems for known vulnerabilities, advisories, and license limitations. |
| Reports | 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. | Can generate SBOMs with Vulnerability Disclosure Report information and CSAF 2.0/2.1 VEX documents. |
| Support | The support page directs users to tutorials, the user guide, FAQs, and GitHub issues for bug reports. | The project says developers can be reached through its Discord channel. |
| Vulnerability data | 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. | Lists OSV, NVD, GitHub, NPM, and Linux vulnerability data among its sources. |
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.
OWASP dep-scan
OWASP dep-scan has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.