If you have ever pushed code to production and quietly hoped nobody probes it too hard, this project is for you.

Strix is an open-source tool that runs autonomous AI agents against your application the way a real attacker would: it spins up your app, pokes at it, tries to break in, and proves whether a vulnerability is real before it tells you about it. No SaaS lock-in required, no waiting weeks for a pentest firm to get back to you.

In this article I will walk through what Strix actually does, how it is different from the static analysis tools you already have, and how to run your first scan.

The Problem With Most "Security Scanning"

Most security tooling developers use day to day falls into two buckets: