--- title: "faraday vs agentic-radar" type: "comparison" canonical_url: "https://www.graphcanon.com/compare/infobyte-faraday-vs-splx-ai-agentic-radar" tools: ["infobyte-faraday", "splx-ai-agentic-radar"] --- # faraday vs agentic-radar *GraphCanon updated Sep 20, 2026* ## Verdict Pick faraday when license: faraday is GPL-3.0, agentic-radar is Apache-2.0; pick agentic-radar when license: agentic-radar is Apache-2.0, faraday is GPL-3.0. [faraday](https://www.faradaysec.com) reports 6.7k GitHub stars, 1.1k forks, and 15 open issues, last pushed Sep 17, 2026. [agentic-radar](https://splx.ai) has 1.0k stars, 145 forks, and 15 open issues, last pushed Nov 27, 2025. Figures are from public GitHub metadata via [faraday's repository](https://github.com/infobyte/faraday) and [agentic-radar's repository](https://github.com/splx-ai/agentic-radar). | | [faraday](/tools/infobyte-faraday.md) | [agentic-radar](/tools/splx-ai-agentic-radar.md) | | --- | --- | --- | | Tagline | Open Source Vulnerability Management Platform | A security scanner for your LLM agentic workflows | | Stars | 6,747 | 1,046 | | Forks | 1,072 | 145 | | Open issues | 15 | 15 | | Language | Python | Python | | Adopt for | Faraday is an open-source vulnerability management platform for orchestrating and centralizing security scans. | - | | Persona | - | - | | Runtime | - | - | | License | GPL-3.0 | Apache-2.0 | | Categories | AI Agents, Vector Databases | AI Agents, Evaluation & Observability | ## Trust and health _Sourced signals - not a safety guarantee. No winner column._ | | [faraday](/tools/infobyte-faraday.md) | [agentic-radar](/tools/splx-ai-agentic-radar.md) | | --- | --- | --- | | Maintenance | Very active (96%) | Slowing (36%) | | Days since push | 0d | 284d | | Stars delta | +64 (30d) | +21 (30d) | | Open issues delta | -11 (30d) | -1 (30d) | | Full report | [trust report](/tools/infobyte-faraday/trust.md) | [trust report](/tools/splx-ai-agentic-radar/trust.md) | ## Decision facts: faraday - **Adopt for:** Faraday is an open-source vulnerability management platform for orchestrating and centralizing security scans. ## Choose when ### Choose faraday if… - License: faraday is GPL-3.0, agentic-radar is Apache-2.0. - Tags unique to faraday: appsec, burpsuite, collaboration, continuous-scanning. - Also covers Vector Databases. - faraday ships Docker support for self-hosted deployment. - When you need to centralize your vulnerability data from multiple sources into one platform. ### Choose agentic-radar if… - License: agentic-radar is Apache-2.0, faraday is GPL-3.0. - Tags unique to agentic-radar: agentic-ai, generative-ai, security-tools. - Also covers Evaluation & Observability. - When you need to test for vulnerabilities in generative AI workflows involving LLM frameworks ## When NOT to use faraday - When existing integrations with other security tools are a strict requirement that Faraday does not support directly. - In environments where the licensing must be permissive, and GPL-3.0 is not an acceptable license. ## When NOT to use agentic-radar - Avoid if the Python version is not within the supported range of >=3.10 and <3.13 especially when using CrewAI features - Do not use if security scanning for LLM agentic workflows is unnecessary for your project needs ## Common questions ### What is the difference between faraday and agentic-radar? faraday: Open Source Vulnerability Management Platform. agentic-radar: A security scanner for your LLM agentic workflows. See the comparison table for live GitHub stats and shared categories. ### When should I choose faraday over agentic-radar? Choose faraday over agentic-radar when License: faraday is GPL-3.0, agentic-radar is Apache-2.0; Tags unique to faraday: appsec, burpsuite, collaboration, continuous-scanning; Also covers Vector Databases; faraday ships Docker support for self-hosted deployment; When you need to centralize your vulnerability data from multiple sources into one platform. ### When should I choose agentic-radar over faraday? Choose agentic-radar over faraday when License: agentic-radar is Apache-2.0, faraday is GPL-3.0; Tags unique to agentic-radar: agentic-ai, generative-ai, security-tools; Also covers Evaluation & Observability; When you need to test for vulnerabilities in generative AI workflows involving LLM frameworks. ### When should I avoid faraday? When existing integrations with other security tools are a strict requirement that Faraday does not support directly. In environments where the licensing must be permissive, and GPL-3.0 is not an acceptable license. ### When should I avoid agentic-radar? Avoid if the Python version is not within the supported range of >=3.10 and <3.13 especially when using CrewAI features Do not use if security scanning for LLM agentic workflows is unnecessary for your project needs ### Is faraday or agentic-radar more popular on GitHub? faraday has more GitHub stars (6,747 vs 1,046). Stars measure visibility, not whether either tool fits your constraints. ### Are faraday and agentic-radar open source? Yes - both are open-source projects on GitHub (faraday: GPL-3.0, agentic-radar: Apache-2.0). ### Where can I find alternatives to faraday or agentic-radar? GraphCanon lists graph-backed alternatives at [faraday alternatives](/tools/infobyte-faraday/alternatives) and [agentic-radar alternatives](/tools/splx-ai-agentic-radar/alternatives) ([faraday markdown twin](/tools/infobyte-faraday/alternatives.md), [agentic-radar markdown twin](/tools/splx-ai-agentic-radar/alternatives.md)), ranked by typed relationship edges rather than popularity votes. ### Is there a machine-readable version of this comparison? Yes. The markdown twin at [this comparison](/compare/infobyte-faraday-vs-splx-ai-agentic-radar.md) mirrors this page for agents and LLM crawlers, with the same stats table and FAQ answers. ### Which is better maintained, faraday or agentic-radar? faraday: Very active. agentic-radar: Slowing. Compare maintenance labels, days since push, and release cadence in the trust section below - stars alone do not measure maintenance. ### Where are the full trust reports for faraday and agentic-radar? GraphCanon publishes per-repo trust reports with dated maintenance, provenance, and scan summaries: [faraday trust report](/tools/infobyte-faraday/trust); [agentic-radar trust report](/tools/splx-ai-agentic-radar/trust). --- **Machine-readable endpoints** - JSON: [`/api/graphcanon/graph?tool=infobyte-faraday`](/api/graphcanon/graph?tool=infobyte-faraday) - LLM index: [/llms.txt](/llms.txt) - Full corpus: [/llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt) _GraphCanon - The knowledge graph for AI development. https://www.graphcanon.com/_