OpenAnt — Verified Vuln Pipeline CLI (Go + Python)

Practical Notes

• GitHub: 545 stars · 82 forks; pushed 2026-05-12 (verified via GitHub API).
• README documents a full pipeline: parse → enhance → analyze → verify → report, plus one-shot scan --verify.
• The CLI stores config under ~/.config/openant/ (0600 perms) and project data under ~/.openant/ (per README).

Main

How to use OpenAnt effectively (and safely):

1. Treat it like a pipeline. Don’t skip straight to a report—run parse and enhance first so later steps have context.
2. Make verification a gate, not a footnote. Anything that fails verify should be labeled “hypothesis” and triaged separately.
3. Standardize language flags (-l go / -l python) and pin a commit (--commit <sha>) when you want reproducibility.
4. Use project switch to manage multiple repos and keep a clean artifact trail per project.

The goal isn’t “more findings”; it’s fewer false positives and stronger evidence for the findings you keep.

FAQ

Q: Is it offensive or defensive? A: Defensive/research. The README’s legal notice says to scan only code you own or have permission to test.

Q: Why both Go and Python? A: Per README: the Go binary is the CLI front-end, while parsing/analysis/reporting code runs on Python 3.11+.

Q: What’s the fastest run mode? A: Use openant scan --verify for the full pipeline in one command once you’ve initialized the project.