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Omnigent
Omnigent: Open-source AI agent framework and meta-harness

Plenty of developers now keep several coding agents close at hand, reaching for Claude Code on one task and Codex or Cursor on the next. Each tool arrives with its own command …

ClamAV
New ClamAV security patch closes seven scanner bugs dating back two decades

Open source antivirus scanning sits inside mail gateways, file upload checks, and endpoint tooling at organizations of every size. Much of that work runs through ClamAV, the …

search
What the AI patch gap means for enterprise security

Open-source maintainers are receiving more vulnerability reports than they can act on, and a rising share now comes from an AI system working at machine speed. Over roughly …

GitHub
GitHub’s new tool helps prevent costly open-source license violations

GitHub’s Open Source Program Office (OSPO) uses the new GitHub License Compliance feature, now in public preview, to manage thousands of open-source dependencies and …

Nika
Nika: Open-source code analysis tool

Many serious security bugs in web applications sit across several files at once. Request data enters through a controller, moves through data objects and service layers, and …

Kali Linux
Kali Linux 2026.2 trims VM boot times, refreshes its desktops

Penetration testers who run Kali Linux inside virtual machines boot their systems faster after the 2026.2 release. The change comes from a decision about graphics firmware, …

open-source cybersecurity tools
Hottest cybersecurity open-source tools of the month: June 2026

Presented here is a curated selection of noteworthy open-source cybersecurity solutions that have drawn recognition for their ability to enhance security postures across …

DarkMoon
DarkMoon: Open-source AI pentesting platform

Penetration testing has long run on expert time, with specialists spending days probing a network or web application by hand. Manual engagements stretch across weeks, expert …

open source
Critical open-source projects get a new security framework

Open source software projects are getting a new framework for handling security vulnerabilities as AI shortens the time between flaw discovery and exploitation. The Linux …

Modelplane
Modelplane: Open-source control plane for AI inference

Organizations that run open-weight models on hardware they own operate GPU fleets spread across clouds, neoclouds, and on-premise data centers. Each fleet handles model …

open source
Best practices for AI in open-source work

Free and open source software developers us AI coding assistants such as Claude Code, Copilot CLI, Antigravity, and OpenCode in their daily work. The Software Freedom …

Praxen
Praxen: Open-source AI agent behavior verification

Praxen is an open-source tool with a simple job: it checks whether an AI agent does what it claims to do. The tool takes an agent’s declared policy, looks at how the …

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