Best Software Composition Analysis Software in 2026
Updated
In short: Snyk Open Source is ranked #1 of 54 as of 3 October 2026, ahead of FOSSA and Endor Labs. The best-ranked option with a free plan is FOSSA. The lowest first paid tier on this page is Snyk Open Source at $25/mo.
Tracking open-source components across projects means weighing ecosystem coverage, workflow fit and the analysis capabilities on offer. Compared on supported ecosystems, monitored projects, pull request scanning, reachability analysis and SBOM generation, these entries also show deployment options, free-plan availability and paid-from pricing. Those details can help you compare how an option aligns with the projects you need to monitor and the way your team reviews changes. Snyk Open Source, FOSSA and Endor Labs lead the opening entries, followed by Semgrep Supply Chain and Socket. The ranking orders the options; use the listed features and plan information to assess fit for your development process.
54 software composition analysis software ranked on what their makers publish — plans and prices, free tiers, platforms and the facts on their own pages.
| # | Platform | Score | Why | From | Free plan | Paid from | Supported ecosystems | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Snyk Open Source | 9.0 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | $25/mo | Yes | — | C/C++, Dart/Flutter, Elixir, Go, Java/Kotlin, JavaScript, .NET, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust (limited), Scala, Swift/Objective-C, TypeScript; npm, pnpm, Yarn, Maven, Gradle, Pip, Poetry, pipenv and setup.py | View |
| 2 |  FOSSA | 8.9 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | $168392.50/mo | Yes | — | JavaScript/TypeScript, Java/Kotlin, Python, Go, Ruby, Rust, Clojure, Elixir, iOS/Objective-C/Swift, .NET, PHP, Dart, Erlang, Fortran, Haskell, Perl | View |
| 3 | Endor Labs | 8.8 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | Free | Yes | — | C/C++, Go, Java, JavaScript, Kotlin, .NET (C#), PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, Scala, Swift, TypeScript, Bazel | View |
| 4 | Semgrep Supply Chain | 8.8 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | $30/mo | Yes | — | C# (NuGet); Dart (Pub); Go (Go modules); Java (Gradle, Maven); JavaScript/TypeScript (npm, Yarn, pnpm); Kotlin (Gradle, Maven); PHP (Composer); Python (pip, pip-tool, Pipenv, Poetry); Ruby (RubyGems); Rust (Cargo); Scala (Maven); Swift (SwiftPM) | View |
| 5 | Socket | 8.8 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | $25/mo | Yes | — | JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Go, Java, Ruby, .NET, Scala, Kotlin, Rust, PHP, Swift, C/C++, Julia, Dart, Elixir/Erlang, GitHub Actions | View |
| 6 |  Xygeni | 8.7 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | Free | Yes | — | Maven, Gradle, npm, Yarn, Bower, .NET, Go, Python/Pip, PHP/Composer, Ruby, Dart/Flutter | View |
| 7 | DepWarden | 6.8 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | npm, PyPI, Maven, Gradle, Go, RubyGems, Cargo, NuGet, Composer, Dart (Pub), Swift | View |
| 8 | Scantist | 6.8 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | Java, JavaScript, Perl, Go, Python, C#, C/C++, Ruby, PHP, Objective-C, Swift | View |
| 9 | Black Duck SCA | 6.6 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | BitBake, Cargo, Carthage, CocoaPods, Conan, Conda, CPAN, CRAN, Dart, Go, Gradle, Hex, Ivy, Lerna, Maven, npm, NuGet, Packagist, PEAR, pip, pnpm, Poetry, RubyGems, SBT, Setuptools, Swift, Yarn, Xcode, OPAM, UV, Rush | View |
| 10 | Bomly CLI | 6.6 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | C++, Dart, .NET/NuGet, Elixir, GitHub Actions, Go, Maven, Gradle, npm, pnpm, Yarn, Bun, PHP/Composer, Python/pip/Pipenv/Poetry/uv, Ruby/Bundler, Rust/Cargo, Scala/SBT, Swift/CocoaPods/SwiftPM, plus Syft-backed ecosystems | View |
| 11 |  OWASP dep-scan | 6.5 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | Node.js, Java/JVM, PHP, Python, Go, Ruby, Rust, .NET, Dart, Haskell, Elixir, C/C++, Clojure, Docker/OCI, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, YAML manifests | View |
| 12 | OSV-Scanner | 6.5 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | C/C++, Dart, Elixir, Go, Haskell, Java, JavaScript, .NET, PHP, Python, R, Ruby, Rust; npm, pip, Maven, Go Modules, Cargo, Gem, Composer, NuGet | View |
| 13 | Mend SCA | 6.4 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | No | — | C/C++/Conan, C#/.NET/NuGet, Go, Java/Maven/Gradle, JavaScript/npm/yarn/pnpm, PHP/Composer, Python/pip/Poetry/Conda/uv, Ruby/Bundler, Scala/sbt, Swift/SwiftPM/CocoaPods, Rust/Cargo, Haskell/Cabal, Elixir/Erlang/Hex, Bazel, OCaml | View |
| 14 | FossID Workbench | 6.4 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | JavaScript (NPM, Bower, PNPM, Yarn), Java/Kotlin (Maven, Gradle, Ivy, Kotlin), Python (PIP, Pipenv, Poetry, Hatch), Rust/Cargo, Dart/Flutter, PHP/Composer, Ruby/Bundler, Go, C/C++/Conan, CocoaPods/Swift, Yocto, Soong, Elixir, Haskell, .NET, SBT | View |
| 15 |  Finite State Platform | 6.4 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | C/C++, Rust, Java, Python, JavaScript, Go, Assembly, Swift, Kotlin, C#, PHP, Ruby, Perl, Shell, Scala, Dart, TypeScript, Objective-C; Linux, VxWorks, Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, FreeRTOS, QNX, ThreadX, Zephyr, INTEGRITY, Embedded Linux, Windows IoT, RTEMS; ELF, PE, Mach-O, APK, JAR, WASM, IPA, MSI, DMG, DEB | View |
| 16 | OWASP Dependency-Track | 6.4 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | Cargo, Composer, Gems, Hex, Maven, NPM, NuGet, PyPI | View |
| 17 | Trivy | 6.4 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | Ruby, Python, PHP, Node.js, .NET, Java, Go, Rust, C/C++, Elixir, Dart, Swift, Julia, and operating-system packages | View |
| 18 | OpenSCA | 6.4 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | Java/Maven, Java/Gradle, JavaScript/NPM, PHP/Composer, Ruby/gem, Golang/Go mod, Rust/cargo, Erlang/Rebar, Python/Pip | View |
| 19 |  SafeDep vet | 6.3 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | npm, PyPI, Maven, Go, Ruby, Rust, PHP; Docker and OCI container images; CycloneDX and SPDX SBOMs | View |
| 20 | JFrog Xray | 6.2 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | No | — | Go, PHP, Java/Maven, Java/Gradle, Java/Ivy, Scala/SBT, JavaScript/npm, Bower, pnpm, Yarn, .NET/NuGet, Python/PyPI, Conda, RubyGems, CocoaPods, Conan, Rust/Cargo, R/CRAN, Swift/SwiftPM, Dart/Flutter/pub, Docker, OCI, Helm, Terraform State | View |
| 21 | depproof | 6.2 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | Maven, Gradle, npm, pnpm, yarn, bun, PyPI, Go modules | View |
| 22 | MergeBase | 6.1 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | No | — | Java/Maven/Gradle; .NET/NuGet; Go; JavaScript/NPM/Yarn; PHP/Composer; Elixir/Hex; Python/PIP; Dart/Pub; Ruby/Gem; Swift/Swift Package Manager/CocoaPods; Rust/Cargo; C/C++/CMake/Make/Vcpkg/Conan | View |
| 23 | Meterian BOSS | 6.1 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | Binaries, C/C++, Clojure, Dart/Flutter, Elixir, Generic, Golang, Java/Kotlin/Scala, JavaScript, .NET, NodeJS, Perl, PHP, Python, R, Ruby, Rust, Swift/Objective-C | View |
| 24 | Safety CLI | 6.0 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | 25 /user/mo | Python | View |
| 25 |  OSS Review Toolkit | 5.9 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | Bazel, Conan, Pub, Mix, Rebar3, Gleam, Go Modules, Stack, Gradle, Maven, Tycho, Bower, Bun, NPM, PNPM, Yarn, .NET, NuGet, Carthage, CocoaPods, Swift Package Manager, Composer, PIP, Pipenv, Poetry, Bundler, Cargo, SBT, SPDX, ORT Project, Unmanaged | View |
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Questions about this list
Which software composition analysis software is ranked first on Inferse?
Snyk Open Source is ranked #1 of 54 with a score of 9.0. FOSSA is second and Endor Labs third.
How many of these have a free plan?
5 of the 25 on this page publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.
Which is the cheapest paid option?
On this page, Snyk Open Source has the lowest first paid tier we found: $25/mo.
How is this list ranked?
Ranked on what each maker publishes, open and connectable first: a public API, open-source code, the depth of its documentation and a free tier to try it on. Model lists are sorted by the figure in their title, exactly as each provider publishes it. Paid placements never change a rank.