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@Cyfrin/aderyn

Solidity static analyzer for CLI and editor workflows

Aderyn scans Solidity projects for vulnerabilities and writes reports in markdown, JSON, or SARIF. It works from the command line and also powers a VS Code extension for in-editor analysis.

796 starsโ€ข117 forksโ€ขRustโ€ขUpdated 11d ago
Who it's for

Builders who want Solidity findings in their editor, terminal, or CI.

What it delivers

You can catch smart contract issues earlier without setting up much project configuration.

What it does

Solidity vulnerability scanning

Analyzes Solidity codebases for supported detectors and finds common contract risks.

Report output formats

Generates markdown, JSON, and SARIF reports for review and CI workflows.

Zero-config project support

Runs on Foundry and Hardhat projects without extra configuration.

Editor integration

Powers the officially supported VS Code extension for in-editor analysis.

CI usage

Can run in GitHub Actions to check Solidity code before changes land.

How to get it

  1. 1Once installed, run aderyn-update to upgrade.
    curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/cyfrin/aderyn/releases/latest/download/aderyn-installer.sh | bash
  2. 2Once installed, run brew upgrade cyfrin/tap/aderyn to upgrade.
    brew install cyfrin/tap/aderyn
  3. 3Once installed, re-run npm install @cyfrin/aderyn -g to upgrade.
    npm install @cyfrin/aderyn -g
  4. 4Quick Start example with video guide.
    cd path/to/solidity/project/root
    aderyn

README



A powerful Solidity static analyzer that takes a bird's eye view over your smart contracts.



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What is Aderyn?

Aderyn is an open-source public good developer tool. It is a Rust-based solidity smart contract static analyzer designed to help protocol engineers and security researchers find vulnerabilities in Solidity code bases.

You can read the Cyfrin official documentation for an in-depth look at Aderyn's functionalities.

There is also an officially supported VSCode extension for Aderyn. Download from the Visual Studio Marketplace and start identifying vulnerabilities in your Solidity code with ease.

Features

  • Runs without need for any configuration support for Foundry and Hardhat projects.
  • Creates Markdown, JSON and Sarif reports.
  • Powers our officially supported VSCode extension (1800+ downloads)
  • List of supported detectors
  • Contributor Friendly
  • Downloaded more than 45K times.

Installation

NOTE Windows users must have WSL installed

Cyfrinup - All in one cross platform installation manager for Cyfrin tools.

One time setup. - Run cyfrinup

Re-run cyfrinup to upgrade all Cyfrin tools to the latest version.

Curl

Once installed, run aderyn-update to upgrade.

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/cyfrin/aderyn/releases/latest/download/aderyn-installer.sh | bash

Homebrew

Once installed, run brew upgrade cyfrin/tap/aderyn to upgrade.

brew install cyfrin/tap/aderyn

npm

Once installed, re-run npm install @cyfrin/aderyn -g to upgrade.

npm install @cyfrin/aderyn -g

If you are installing with Curl or Homebrew or npm, ensure that the correct version of Aderyn in your path comes from either the Homebrew or npm global packages directory. If an older version exists at ~/.cyfrin/bin/aderyn, remove it using rm -f ~/.cyfrin/bin/aderyn, as this is no longer the default installation location.

Quick Start

Run aderyn --version to check if Aderyn is installed successfully.

Quick Start example with video guide.

cd path/to/solidity/project/root
aderyn

This generates a report.md

See examples using more CLI options here

VS Code extension

Officially supported VSCode extension for Aderyn. Download from Visual Studio Marketplace

Github Action

Checkout Aderyn CI Assistant in the marketplace. Performs Static analysis on Solidity codebases in CI to catch potential vulnerabilities before committing code.

Contributing & License

Help us build Aderyn ๐Ÿฆœ Please see our contribution guidelines for in-depth developer environment setup and PR approval process. Aderyn is an open-source software licensed under the GPL-3.0 License.

To learn how to create your custom Aderyn detectors, checkout the official docs

Aderyn relies on a custom backend to generate AST for Solidity codebases. It leverages foundry-compilers

Credits

This project exists thanks to all the people who contribute.

Attribution

  • Initial inspiration for AST Visitor code from solc-ast-rs.
  • Original detectors based on 4naly3er detectors.
  • Shoutout to the original king of static analysis slither.

Files in the repo

Repository payloadโ€ข31 top-level entries
  • .cargo
  • .github
  • .vscode
  • aderyn
  • aderyn_core
  • aderyn_driver
  • benchmarks
  • reports
  • tests
  • tools
  • .git-blame-ignore-revs
  • .gitattributes
  • .gitignore
  • .gitmodules
  • bacon.toml
  • benchmarks.sh
  • Cargo.lock
  • Cargo.toml
  • CODEOWNERS
  • CONTRIBUTING.md
  • deny.toml
  • dist-workspace.toml
  • funding.json
  • justfile
  • LICENSE
  • README.md
  • RELEASE_CHECKLIST.md
  • reportgen.toml
  • rust-toolchain.toml
  • rustfmt.toml
  • typos.toml

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