Strix
ActiveDescription
Strix is an open-source AI penetration testing agent that automatically finds and fixes web app vulnerabilities, an automation aide for security teams.
Key Features
- AI-driven — agent runs recon, vuln detection, exploitation, and reporting
- Web-first — purpose-built for web application security testing
- Open-source and extensible — tools can be customized and extended
- Auto-reporting — vuln details, repro steps, and remediation suggestions
- Sandboxed — exploits run in isolation
- Integrations — works with OWASP ZAP and Burp Suite
Use Cases
💡 Running automated web pentests in CI
💡 Generating structured reports for security audits
💡 Augmenting secure-code reviews
💡 Providing a platform for red-team training
Strengths & Limitations
✅ Strengths
- • Actively maintained, recent updates
- • High community interest (60.2k stars)
- • Permissive open-source license (Apache-2.0)
- • Responsive to issues, low backlog
Categories
Quick Start
pip install strix
strix scan --target https://example.com
# report at ./strix-report.html