# Shannon

An autonomous AI pentester that reads your source code and proves exploits against a running app.

HTML: https://softbests.com/software/shannon
Markdown: https://softbests.com/software/shannon.md
Website: https://keygraph.io/open-source

- Category: [Developer utilities](https://softbests.com/category/developer-tools)
- Pricing: Open source
- Platforms: macOS, Linux, CLI
- Underrated

## Best for

Teams that want an automated pentest on every release instead of booking consultants.

## Why it deserves attention

Shannon combines static analysis of your source with an agent that runs real exploits against the deployed app, so findings arrive with a reproduction instead of a pattern-match alert. It maps work to OWASP categories, runs locally from the command line with Docker, and is AGPL-3.0 with about 51,000 GitHub stars and a public benchmark against commercial tools. It needs a reachable test environment plus model API keys, and the free open-source build is whitebox-only, so plan the run and the blast radius carefully.

## Can replace

- Snyk
- Burp Suite

## Related and alternatives

- [Wireshark](https://softbests.com/software/wireshark)
- [REA](https://softbests.com/software/rea)