Secure Your Go Apps Before Production Does It For You

Short summary

Go applications depend on third-party modules, containers, manifests, and infrastructure that expand attack surface beyond source code. This guide evaluates six complementary tools: Gosec (static analysis), Govulncheck (reachability-aware dependency scanning), Semgrep (customizable patterns), Staticcheck (correctness bugs), OSV-Scanner (Google's vulnerability database), and Trivy (container/infrastructure scanning). Teams typically combine these to cover code, dependencies, and deployment config.

• •Six practical security tools for Go: Gosec, Govulncheck, Semgrep, Staticcheck, OSV-Scanner, Trivy
• •Each tool addresses different attack surface layers—source code, dependencies, infrastructure—with specific trade-offs
• •Modern security requires layered approach; Trivy popular for pre-deployment scanning, reachability-aware tools reduce noise

Generated with AI, which can make mistakes.