argus-security 1.2.1

Unified security scanning — SAST, containers, IaC, secrets, dependencies, and DAST from a single CLI.

Unified security scanning — SAST, containers, IaC, secrets, dependencies, and DAST from a single CLI.

Install

pip install argus-security

Quick Start

argus init        # Create argus.yml config
argus scan        # Run all configured scanners

Or scan immediately without a config file:

argus scan bandit gitleaks osv --severity-threshold high

Features

• 14+ security scanners -- SAST, secrets, containers, IaC, dependencies, DAST, supply chain, malware
• Single CLI -- argus scan runs everything, locally or in CI
• Flexible selection -- run all scanners, specific ones, or groups
• Multiple output formats -- terminal, Markdown, SARIF, JSON
• Severity thresholds -- fail builds on low, medium, high, or critical
• Docker-backed execution -- scanners run in containers when not installed locally
• Config-driven -- argus.yml for repeatable scan profiles
• GitHub Actions integration -- composite actions for native CI/CD workflows
• Linting built in -- YAML, JSON, Python, JavaScript, Dockerfile, Terraform

Supported Scanners

Category	Scanners
SAST	Bandit, OpenGrep, CodeQL
Secrets	Gitleaks
Containers	Trivy, Grype, Syft
IaC	Trivy IaC, Checkov
Dependencies	OSV Scanner
Supply Chain	zizmor + actionlint
Malware	ClamAV
DAST	ZAP
Compliance	FedRAMP SCN Detector

Configuration

# argus.yml
scanners:
  - gitleaks
  - bandit
  - osv
  - trivy-iac

scan_path: "."
severity_threshold: high

MCP Server (AI Integration)

Argus includes an MCP server so AI assistants (Claude, Copilot, Cursor) can run scans, validate configs, and detect project characteristics directly.

pip install argus-security[mcp]

Add to your AI tool's MCP configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "argus": {"command": "argus", "args": ["mcp"]}
  }
}

Available tools: argus_scan, argus_detect, argus_validate, argus_list_scanners, argus_init

Documentation

• Full docs: huntridge-labs.github.io/argus
• GitHub: github.com/huntridge-labs/argus
• Configuration reference: docs/config-reference.md
• Scanner reference: docs/scanners.md
• Examples: examples/
• Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md

License

AGPL-3.0 -- see LICENSE.md for details.