cycode

What it is and what it does

Cycode is a production-grade CLI tool for scanning code repositories across four security domains: secret detection, infrastructure-as-code validation, software composition analysis (SCA), and static application security testing (SAST). It integrates into local development workflows via command-line invocation, pre-commit hooks, or CI/CD pipelines, and supports authentication through browser-based login, manual credential configuration, or environment variables.

The tool scans repositories, individual paths, commit history, and Terraform plans, then reports findings with configurable severity thresholds and remediation guidance. It allows fine-grained result filtering—ignoring specific secrets by value or hash, paths, rules, or packages—and can generate SBOM reports. An experimental MCP (Model Context Protocol) server mode and beta platform command extend its capabilities for integration with AI tools and centralized policy management.

Use it for:

• Scan a Git repository before pushing to detect leaked credentials, API keys, or tokens in commit history.
• Validate Terraform or CloudFormation configurations for security misconfigurations in infrastructure-as-code files.
• Identify vulnerable dependencies in package manifests (requirements.txt, package.json, etc.) as part of SCA.
• Integrate into pre-commit hooks to block commits containing secrets or policy violations before they reach the repository.
• Generate software bill-of-materials (SBOM) reports for compliance and supply-chain security audits.
• Run static analysis on source code to flag common security anti-patterns and coding issues.

Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying

Cycode is a command-line security scanner that detects secrets, infrastructure-as-code misconfigurations, software composition vulnerabilities, and static analysis issues in your repositories.

Yes. Cycode is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, low install friction, and a permissive MIT license. It is production-stable (Development Status 5) and supports current Python versions (3.9–3.14). Install it if you need a unified CLI for secrets, IaC, SCA, and SAST scanning; authentication setup is required before first use.

Install

cycode on PyPI

pip install cycode

uv add cycode

poetry add cycode

Installing cycode

Before you install

Low install friction with a pure Python wheel distribution. The package is actively maintained with a recent release (1 day old) and 99 repository stars. It has 19 runtime dependencies including common libraries like click, pydantic, and requests, all of which are well-established.

License in practice

MIT license permits commercial and private use with minimal restrictions—you can use, modify, and distribute the package freely as long as you include the license notice.

Quickstart

pip install cycode
cycode auth
cycode scan --repository .

Requires Python 3.9 or later; the MCP command requires Python 3.10 or above. Authentication via Cycode credentials (Client ID and Secret, or OIDC token) is required before scanning.

Verify before relying

• Whether the 19 runtime dependencies introduce any transitive vulnerabilities or compatibility issues beyond what OSV reports.
• Performance characteristics and scan time for large repositories or monorepos.
• Whether pre-commit hook integration works reliably across different Git configurations.
• Accuracy and false-positive rates for each scan type (secrets, IaC, SCA, SAST).

Package facts

Evidence: cycode-3.19.1-py3-none-any.whl

Keywords: secret-scan, cycode, devops, token, secret, security, code

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