Eclipse Steady vs Safety CLI

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.

Safety CLI detects vulnerable dependencies and helps remediate them. Its CLI page describes scanning Python, Java, and JavaScript, while the listed supported ecosystem is Python. The tool prioritizes vulnerabilities using code-risk reachability analysis and verified fix recommendations. Safety says its proprietary vulnerability database detects four times more security issues than public sources. Scans can run on development machines, in CI/CD pipelines, or in production, and integrations include GitHub, GitLab, Docker, and Bitbucket; a GitHub Action is available for CI/CD scans. Installation starts with `pip install safety`, followed by authentication and `safety scan`. Safety lists support for Python 3.8 and later, with a Docker option for older versions described in its documentation. The CLI is available for Linux, macOS, Windows, and self-hosted deployment, and supports SBOM generation. The free plan is limited to one developer, one codebase, and 100 monthly scans for non-commercial use. Team costs $25 a month, billed at $25 per developer per month or $240 per year; a 7-day trial is available.