Sirius Scan
github.com/siriusscan/sirius- Category
- Cybersecurity
- Rank
- No. 608Tools index
Previous survey · No. 523 ·
- Pricing
- Open Source
- Platform
- web · cli
- Type
- APP
- Builder
- @SiriusScan
- GitHub
- 1.7k stars
- Latest release
- v1.1.0
- Date
About
An open-source comprehensive vulnerability scanner that leverages community-driven security intelligence and automated penetration testing capabilities. Features real-time health monitoring, centralized logging, and Docker-based deployment for enterprise-grade security scanning.
What it does
Sirius Scan maps hosts and services with Nmap, checks discovered systems against CVEs, and presents risk, progress, severity trends, and remediation guidance through a web interface. Remote agents extend scanning across environments, while a terminal and authenticated REST API support scripted workflows.
Why it's ranked here
The broad operational surface makes Sirius Scan a credible self-hosted security workspace, not just a command-line scanner. Discovery, CVE detection, distributed agents, dashboards, and an API connect into one system. The cost is substantial infrastructure and some visible inconsistency between the documented and implemented backend framework.
What's good
Installation is repeatable and automation-friendly: the installer generates secrets, supports unattended runs, and can rotate credentials. Contract tests compare live routes with the API specification and reject unclassified additions. Middleware tests cover authentication, request identifiers, route ordering, and logging without requiring external services.
Tradeoffs
Running Sirius Scan means operating six services, including PostgreSQL, RabbitMQ, and Valkey, with stated minimums of 4 GB RAM and 10 GB disk. Production setup still requires port restrictions, TLS through a reverse proxy, secret rotation, and image updates. Scanner development also needs CGO, libpcap headers, and a suitable Linux cross-toolchain.
How to use it well
Use it for self-hosted network discovery, recurring CVE scans, distributed environment coverage, and feeding results into security workflows through its API. Pin container releases consistently across all six images and follow the production hardening guidance. It does not replace reverse-proxy TLS, network isolation, or broader infrastructure operations.
Technical notes+
README.md describes a six-container Compose stack and labels the API as Go/Gin, while sirius-api/main.go constructs the service with Fiber, requires an internal API key, waits for PostgreSQL, runs forward-only migrations, and connects to Valkey before listening on port 9001. sirius-api/http_middleware.go installs CORS, request IDs, request logging, API-key authentication, SDK logging, error logging, and performance metrics. sirius-api/contract_coverage_test.go validates live route inventory against classification and OpenAPI data, while sirius-api/http_middleware_test.go exercises authentication and request-ID behavior. sirius-engine/main.go reads manifest.json and launches listed binaries concurrently. Makefile shows that local scanner builds require CGO and libpcap, with an in-container workaround.
Observed
- License
- MIT
- Backend language
- Go
- Web interface
- Next.js 14, React, and Tailwind CSS
- Packaging and installation
- Docker Compose installer with six container images pulled from GHCR
- Interfaces
- Web UI, REST API with API-key authentication, interactive PowerShell terminal, and gRPC remote agents
- Platform support
- Linux, macOS, and Windows through WSL2
- Runtime services
- UI, API, engine, PostgreSQL, RabbitMQ, and Valkey
- Test structure
- Go tests cover production middleware, route contracts, and Community module composition
Read from README.md, Makefile, sirius-api/main.go, sirius-engine/main.go, sirius-ui/next.config.mjs, sirius-ui/tailwind.config.js, sirius-ui/tailwind.config.ts, sirius-api/http_middleware.go, sirius-api/modules_community.go, sirius-api/http_middleware_test.go, sirius-api/contract_coverage_test.go, sirius-api/modules_community_test.go, testing/security/main.go, scripts/core-manifest/main.go, sirius-ui/src/pages/index.tsx.
What it can do
Scan systems for security vulnerabilities
Target systems or network endpoints → Vulnerability assessment report
Perform automated penetration testing
Target systems and attack parameters → Penetration test results and security findings
Monitor system health in real-time
System metrics and performance data → Real-time health status and alerts
Centralize security logs
Security events and scan data from multiple sources → Consolidated log repository and reports
Deploy scanner using Docker containers
Docker configuration files and deployment parameters → Running containerized security scanner instance
Leverage community security intelligence
Community-sourced threat data and vulnerability signatures → Enhanced vulnerability detection capabilities
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