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SECURITY
★ 4.8

1Password

Password manager for teams
$2.99/mo
SECURITY
★ 4.9

Cloudflare

Web performance & security
Free / $20/mo
SECURITY
★ 4.9

Tailscale

Zero-config VPN mesh network
Free / $6/user
SECURITY
★ 4.9

WireGuard

Modern VPN protocol
Free
SECURITY
★ 4.6

CrowdSec

Collaborative security engine
Free / Custom
SECURITY
★ 4.7

Mullvad VPN

Privacy-first VPN, no email needed
€5/mo
SECURITY
★ 4.8

Pi-hole

Network-wide ad blocker
Free
SECURITY
★ 4.7

HashiCorp Vault

Secrets management platform
Free / Custom
SECURITY
★ 4.6

Snyk

Developer security platform
Free / $25/mo
SECURITY
★ 4.7

Trivy

Container vulnerability scanner
Free
SECURITY
★ 4.9

Let's Encrypt

Free TLS certificates
Free
SECURITY
★ 4.6

Fail2ban

Intrusion prevention framework
Free
SECURITY
★ 4.7

Authelia

Self-hosted SSO & 2FA
Free
SECURITY
★ 4.8

Bitwarden

Open source password manager
Free / $10/yr
SECURITY
★ 4.7

Proton VPN

Swiss privacy VPN
Free / $5.99/mo
SECURITY
★ 4.7

Proton Mail

Encrypted email service
Free / $3.99/mo
SECURITY
★ 4.7

SimpleLogin

Email alias service
Free / $4/mo
SECURITY
★ 4.5

Authy

Two-factor authentication app
Free
SECURITY
★ 4.5

Nitrokey

Open source hardware security
$50+
SECURITY
★ 4.6

Doppler

Universal secrets manager
Free / $6/user
SECURITY
★ 4.6

Infisical

Open source secrets management
Free
SECURITY
★ 4.5

Socket.dev

Supply chain security
Free / Custom
SECURITY
★ 4.5

Tines

Security workflow automation
Custom
SECURITY
★ 4.6

Teleport

Zero trust infrastructure access
Free / Custom
SECURITY
★ 4.7

Vault

Secrets management by HashiCorp
Free / Custom
SECURITY
★ 4.6

SOPS

Simple encrypted file secrets
Free
SECURITY
★ 4.7

age

Simple modern file encryption
Free
SECURITY
★ 4.5

OpenVPN

Full-featured open source VPN
Free / $7/mo
SECURITY
★ 4.5

Grype

Container vulnerability scanner fast
Free
SECURITY
★ 4.5

Falco

Runtime security Kubernetes
Free
SECURITY
★ 4.5

Cosign

Container image signing
Free
SECURITY
★ 4.8

Clerk

Authentication drop-in components
Free / $25/mo
SECURITY
★ 4.6

Lucia

Open source auth library
Free
SECURITY
★ 4.5

WorkOS

Enterprise SSO and auth
Custom
SECURITY
★ 4.4

Pangea

Security APIs platform
Free / Custom
SECURITY
★ 4.4

Warrant

Fine-grained authorization
Free / Custom
SECURITY
★ 4.5

Unkey

API key management
Free / $25/mo
SECURITY
★ 4.4

Permit.io

Permissions as a service
Free / $50/mo
SECURITY
★ 4.5

Cerbos

Access control as code
Free
SECURITY
★ 4.4

OpenFGA

Fine-grained auth open source
Free
SECURITY
★ 4.5

Checkov

IaC security scanning
Free
SECURITY
★ 4.5

OWASP ZAP

Web app security scanner
Free
SECURITY
★ 4.5

Syft

Software bill of materials
Free
SECURITY
★ 4.5

GoSec

Go security checker
Free
SECURITY
★ 4.6

Semgrep

Lightweight code scanning
Free / Custom
SECURITY
★ 4.6

Nuclei

Vulnerability scanner fast
Free
SECURITY
★ 4.5

Prowler

Cloud security auditing
Free
SECURITY
★ 4.5

Step CA

Open source certificate authority
Free
SECURITY
★ 4.5

Zitadel

Open source identity management
Free
SECURITY
★ 4.4

Casdoor

Open source identity and access management
Free
SECURITY
★ 4.5

Netbird

Open source WireGuard-based VPN mesh
Free
SECURITY
★ 4.5

Defect Dojo

Open source vulnerability management
Free
SECURITY
★ 4.5

Crowdsec Bouncer

IPS bouncer for nginx Traefik HAProxy
Free
SECURITY
★ 4.5

Kubescape

Kubernetes security platform
Free
SECURITY
★ 4.5

Supertokens

Open source authentication
Free
SECURITY
★ 4.5

Logto

Open source Auth0 alternative
Free
SECURITY
★ 4.5

Hanko

Passkey-first authentication
Free
SECURITY
★ 4.6

OPA

Open Policy Agent. General purpose policy engine
Free
SECURITY
★ 4.5

Nebula

Scalable overlay networking tool by Slack
Free
SECURITY
★ 4.5

Boundary

Identity-based access management by HashiCorp
Free
SECURITY
★ 4.6

tfsec

Security scanner for Terraform code
Free
SECURITY
★ 4.5

Terrascan

IaC security scanner multi-tool
Free
SECURITY
★ 4.4

Pike

Auto-generate Terraform IAM policies
Free
SECURITY
★ 4.7

JWT Debugger

Decode verify and debug JSON Web Tokens
Free
SECURITY
★ 4.6

Hash Generator

Generate MD5 SHA1 SHA256 hashes instantly
Free
SECURITY
★ 4.7

Password Generator

Generate secure random passwords
Free
SECURITY
★ 4.6

SSL Checker

Verify SSL certificate status and chain
Free
SECURITY
★ 4.6

IP Address Lookup

Find geolocation and details for any IP
Free
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