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Generic attack-detection rule set (SQLi, XSS, RCE) used by ModSecurity, Coraza and many cloud WAFs.

Collaborative IPS that parses logs, blocks attackers and shares IP reputation across its user network.

OWASP Go WAF engine compatible with ModSecurity rules and CRS; embeds in Caddy, Envoy and Go apps.

Self-hosted WAF and reverse proxy from Chaitin with semantic attack detection and bot challenges.

Head to head

Metric	OWASP CRS	CrowdSec	Coraza	SafeLine
Stars	3.4k	15.5k	4k	23.2k
Weekly downloads	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Download growth	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Popularity score	64/100	77/100	66/100	80/100
Forks	477	757	380	1.6k
Open issues	163	314	142	54
Last commit	today	5d ago	today	3w ago
License	Apache-2.0	MIT	Apache-2.0	GPL-3.0
First released	2020	2020	2020	2023
Signals	Popular	Rising	Rising	Trending
Listed in	Security & Identity › WAF & threat detection	Security & Identity › WAF & threat detection	Security & Identity › WAF & threat detection	Security & Identity › WAF & threat detection

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Generic attack-detection rule set (SQLi, XSS, RCE) used by ModSecurity, Coraza and many cloud WAFs.

Collaborative IPS that parses logs, blocks attackers and shares IP reputation across its user network.

OWASP Go WAF engine compatible with ModSecurity rules and CRS; embeds in Caddy, Envoy and Go apps.

Self-hosted WAF and reverse proxy from Chaitin with semantic attack detection and bot challenges.

Metric	OWASP CRS	CrowdSec	Coraza	SafeLine
Stars	3.4k	15.5k	4k	23.2k
Weekly downloads	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Download growth	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Popularity score	64/100	77/100	66/100	80/100
Forks	477	757	380	1.6k
Open issues	163	314	142	54
Last commit	today	5d ago	today	3w ago
License	Apache-2.0	MIT	Apache-2.0	GPL-3.0
First released	2020	2020	2020	2023
Signals	Popular	Rising	Rising	Trending
Listed in	Security & Identity › WAF & threat detection	Security & Identity › WAF & threat detection	Security & Identity › WAF & threat detection	Security & Identity › WAF & threat detection

No download history for the selected tools.