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title: "Code Scanners"
description: "Code Scanners This section describes scanners designed to detect vulnerabilities and security issues in source code, each designed to perform specific…"
url: https://whitespots.io/docs/whitespots-wiki/appsec-portal/features/scanners/scanner-description/code-scanners
slug: whitespots-wiki/appsec-portal/features/scanners/scanner-description/code-scanners
publish_date: 2025-11-13T18:00:34.000Z
last_modified: 2025-11-13T18:00:34.000Z
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# Code Scanners

# Code Scanners

This section describes scanners designed to detect vulnerabilities and security issues in source code, each designed to perform specific types of code analysis.

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### Pages in this section

- [Bandit](https://whitespots.io/docs/whitespots-wiki/appsec-portal/features/scanners/scanner-description/code-scanners/bandit)
- [Brakeman](https://whitespots.io/docs/whitespots-wiki/appsec-portal/features/scanners/scanner-description/code-scanners/brakeman)
- [Checkov](https://whitespots.io/docs/whitespots-wiki/appsec-portal/features/scanners/scanner-description/code-scanners/checkov)
- [CodeQL](https://whitespots.io/docs/whitespots-wiki/appsec-portal/features/scanners/scanner-description/code-scanners/codeql)
- [ESLint](https://whitespots.io/docs/whitespots-wiki/appsec-portal/features/scanners/scanner-description/code-scanners/eslint)
- [Gemnasium](https://whitespots.io/docs/whitespots-wiki/appsec-portal/features/scanners/scanner-description/code-scanners/gemnasium)
- [Gosec](https://whitespots.io/docs/whitespots-wiki/appsec-portal/features/scanners/scanner-description/code-scanners/gosec)
- [Hadolint](https://whitespots.io/docs/whitespots-wiki/appsec-portal/features/scanners/scanner-description/code-scanners/hadolint)
- [KICS](https://whitespots.io/docs/whitespots-wiki/appsec-portal/features/scanners/scanner-description/code-scanners/kics)
- [PHPCodeSniffer](https://whitespots.io/docs/whitespots-wiki/appsec-portal/features/scanners/scanner-description/code-scanners/phpcodesniffer)
- [Retire.js](https://whitespots.io/docs/whitespots-wiki/appsec-portal/features/scanners/scanner-description/code-scanners/retirejs)
- [Semgrep](https://whitespots.io/docs/whitespots-wiki/appsec-portal/features/scanners/scanner-description/code-scanners/semgrep)
- [SpotBugs](https://whitespots.io/docs/whitespots-wiki/appsec-portal/features/scanners/scanner-description/code-scanners/spotbugs)
- [Terrascan](https://whitespots.io/docs/whitespots-wiki/appsec-portal/features/scanners/scanner-description/code-scanners/terrascan)