DepWarden
PulseGate's liveness check found it on 8 Oct 2026; it has been in the index since 7 Sep 2026. How this is checked
DepWarden scans pasted dependency manifests and lockfiles for CVEs, exploited vulnerabilities, typosquats, dependency confusion, risky licenses, malware advisories, deprecated packages, and end-of-life components. It uses OSV, CISA KEV, EPSS, OpenSSF Scorecard, and SPDX data without requiring an account or source-code upload.
Inferred · not functionally tested
Overview
6 featuresPurpose: Finding and prioritizing dependency vulnerabilities, supply-chain threats, license risks, and outdated packages before they affect software builds.
Inferred · not functionally tested
Audience: software developers and security teams
Inferred · not functionally tested
Functions: data_extraction
Inferred · not functionally tested
Interfaces: API: unknown · MCP: unknown · CLI: unknown · Self-hosting: unknown
Recorded constraints: pricing: free · license: Proprietary · platforms: WEB · deployment: browser, cloud_managed
Constraint provenance is unknown; confirm requirements with the publisher.
Record sources: depwarden.in. These links do not verify the individual claims.
In the Application security & vulnerability scanning space, DepWarden takes a focused approach. Inferred · not functionally tested: It focuses on finding and prioritizing dependency vulnerabilities, supply-chain threats, license risks, and outdated packages before they affect software builds. Inferred · not functionally tested: It is built as a B2B product for software developers and security teams. Basis unknown · not verified: DepWarden costs nothing to use. Basis unknown · not verified: It ships for the web.
Inferred · not functionally tested: Among its 6 catalogued features are manifest scanning, lockfile scanning, and CVE detection.
Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.
Tasks: Inferred · not functionally tested
- Manifest scanning
- Lockfile scanning
- CVE detection
- EPSS prioritization
- CISA KEV checks
- Typosquat detection
Topics: Inferred · not functionally tested
Built with & integrations
- Cloudflare
- cf-ray header · cf-cache-status header
Trust & compliance
Indexing history
2What PulseGate has recorded for this listing
- Indexed7 Sep · 15:53 UTCShow HN: DepWarden – free, anonymous dependency vulnerability scanner seen via Hacker News firehose (Algolia)Source: Hacker News firehose (Algolia) · Open
Frequently asked questions about DepWarden
- What does DepWarden do?
- Inferred · not functionally tested: DepWarden focuses on finding and prioritizing dependency vulnerabilities, supply-chain threats, license risks, and outdated packages before they affect software builds. It is catalogued under Application security & vulnerability scanning on PulseGate.
- Who should use DepWarden?
- Inferred · not functionally tested: DepWarden is a B2B product built for software developers and security teams.
- Is DepWarden free?
- Basis unknown · not verified: Yes — DepWarden is free to use.
- What platforms does DepWarden run on?
- Basis unknown · not verified: DepWarden runs on the web.
- Is DepWarden still active?
- PulseGate's liveness check found it on 8 Oct 2026.
- What are alternatives to DepWarden?
- Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include depwarden-cli, depshieldx, and depenemy.depwarden-clidepshieldxdepenemy
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