Comparison

Foundry vs Slither

No leader: the top candidate Foundry has only 0.16 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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Foundry57
Slither54
Score
Vioscale score
Foundry57 / 100low · 16%
Slither54 / 100low · 24%
Pricing
Free tier
Foundry
Slither
Model
Foundryfree
Slithercommercial
Price level
Foundryfree
Slitherfree
Integrations
Count
Foundry
Slither9
Reliability
Status page
Foundry
Slither
Adoption
Dependent repos
Foundry1
Slither186
Github stars
Foundry10,568
Slither6,352
Activity
Commits last 30d
Foundry100
Slither29
Release
Cadence days
Foundry1
Slither68
History
Foundry20 items
Slither20 items
License
Spdx
FoundryApache-2.0
SlitherAGPL-3.0
Language
Primary
FoundryRust
SlitherPython
Market
Availability
Foundry

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for blockchain dev tools. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capabilities
Tooling type
Foundry-
Slither-
Evm compatible only
Foundry-
Slither-
Local dev network
Foundry-
Slither-
Native fuzzing invariant testing
Foundry-
Slither-
Mainnet forking
Foundry-
Slither-
Contract verification integration
Foundry-
Slither-
Trace debugger
Foundry-
Slither-
Gas profiling
Foundry-
Slither-
Archive node access
Foundry-
Slither-
Graphql indexing
Foundry-
Slither-
Static analysis security tool
Foundry-
Slither-
Open source
Foundry-
Slither-
Maintenance status
Foundry-
Slither-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Foundry

A toolkit for building, testing, and interacting with Ethereum smart contracts. It provides command-line tools for rapid development, testing, and deployment, including automatic documentation generation from Solidity source code.

Independently observed

Slither

An open-source Python framework that scans smart contract source code for security issues using built-in detectors, generates visual contract analysis reports, and provides an extensible API for writing custom vulnerability checks. Enables developers to catch bugs before deployment and better understand contract behavior.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Foundry

FreeFree tier
as of verify ↗

Slither

Free
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
macOS
Foundry
Slither
Linux
Foundry
Slither
CLI
Foundry
Slither
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Foundry
Slither
Self-hosted
Foundry
Slither

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Foundry

Not documented yet.

Slither

9 total
  • GitHub Actions
  • Hardhat
  • Foundry
  • Brownie
  • Dapp
  • Pre-commit
  • Docker
  • Pyth Oracle detectors
  • Chronicle detectors
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.