# Foundry vs Slither

| Attribute | Foundry | Slither |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 57 (16% (low)) | 53.7 (24% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 100 | 29 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 1 | 186 |
| adoption.github_stars | 10,568 | 6,352 |
| deployment.options | - | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | 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. |
| integrations.count | - | 9 |
| integrations.list | - | `[{"name":"GitHub Actions"},{"name":"Hardhat"},{"name":"Foundry"},{"name":"Brownie"},{"name":"Dapp"},{"name":"Pre-commit"},{"name":"Docker"},{"name":"Pyth Oracle detectors"},{"name":"Chronicle detectors"}]` |
| language.primary | Rust | Python |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | AGPL-3.0 |
| market.availability | - | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"mac":true,"linux":true}` | `{"cli":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"free","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://getfoundry.sh","retrievedAt":"2026-08-20T16:32:06.651Z"}` | `{"type":"free","sourceUrl":"https://github.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-18T22:04:21.955Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | - |
| pricing.model | free | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | free | free |
| release.cadence_days | 1 | 68 |
| release.history | 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| 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|
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | - | 7 |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=cargo&package_name=forge-fmt&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=slither-analyzer&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Blockchain Dev Tools)

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

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T16:35:32.170Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*