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7/2/2026

Strix: Give Your App a Free AI Pentester Before It Ships
Short summary
Strix is an open-source AI-powered penetration testing tool that autonomously attacks your application before deployment, finding real vulnerabilities with proof-of-concept exploits rather than pattern matches. It deploys a graph of specialized AI agents that test for IDOR, injection attacks, XSS, auth flaws, and business-logic bugs via HTTP manipulation and browser automation. Integrates into CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions and supports OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, or local LLMs.
- •AI agents automatically test running applications for real security vulnerabilities, not just pattern matches
- •Includes HTTP proxy, browser automation, terminal access, and Python runtime for diverse attack vectors
- •Integrates into CI/CD pipelines to block vulnerable code before deployment; supports multiple LLM providers
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