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pip-audit vs Dependency-Check: catalog facts
pip-auditDependency-Check
Free

Free and open source.

Free

The software is free under its open-source licence. Hosting, hardware and external…

Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
  • Audits installed environments as well as requirements files
  • Can automatically fix vulnerable packages
  • It matches dependencies to CPE identifiers and reports the linked CVEs, and it plugs into Maven, Gradle, Jenkins…
  • Only covers Python packages
  • Needs network access to query vulnerability data
  • CPE matching produces false positives and misses, and it needs an NVD API key and a long initial…
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License not stated License: Apache-2.0
No account needed Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked October 2, 2026

Checked September 22, 2026

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