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Show HN: Open-Kritt – Open-source infrastructure for AI-based security research

The Kritt team, which has earned over $1,500,000 in bug-bounty payouts under the researcher name Blockian, has launched Open-Kritt, an open-source, self-hosted security research platform that orchestrates AI agents to find real vulnerabilities in code. The platform breaks research into small tasks run across AI agents in parallel, producing de-duplicated, ranked findings with configurable validation and enrichment, and supports model providers including OpenAI, Anthropic, and OpenRouter.

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Show HN: Open-Kritt – Open-source infrastructure for AI-based security research
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Orchestrate AI agents to find real vulnerabilities in code.

An open-source, self-hosted security research platform that turns focused AI analysis into de-duplicated, ranked findings with configurable validation and enrichment.

Website · Documentation · Getting started · Contributing · Research paper · Discord community · Twitter

Pointing a model at an entire repository and asking it to find vulnerabilities rarely works well. open·kritt takes a focused approach: break the research into small, well-defined tasks, run them across AI agents in parallel, and combine their output into findings you can validate and prioritize.

It is built for security researchers and security-minded developers who want control over their prompts, workflows, model providers, and infrastructure.

Build workflows— chain focused prompts into reusable security research playbooks.** Run scans**— analyze remote or local repositories and their dependencies with Codex or Claude Code.** Verify findings**— use post-scripts to validate issues, build proofs of concept, and produce reports.** Prioritize results**— apply custom severity rankers, a consistent finding schema, and automatic de-duplication.** Bring your own model access**— use a Codex login or connect through OpenAI, Anthropic, or OpenRouter.

Built from real security research.The Kritt team has earned over$1,500,000 in bug-bounty payoutsunder the researcher nameBlockian([Immunefi]·[HackenProof]·[blockian.xyz]·[@ControlZ_1337]). open·kritt is the open-source distillation of the internal project behind that work.

You need Git, Docker with Docker Compose, and Node.js 20 or newer. The repository-local CLI has no install step.

git clone https://github.com/Kritt-ai/open-kritt
cd open-kritt
./kritt setup
./kritt start

Open http://localhost:5173 once the stack is running. You only need one model-access option; ./kritt setup

guides you through the available logins and API keys. A GITHUB_TOKEN

is optional and only needed for private GitHub repositories.

The default ports bind to 127.0.0.1

, and the backend does not include application authentication. Keep the stack private.

Tool-enabled agents run as root inside disposable job containers, with writable repository copies and direct internet access so they can install tools, compile targets, run tests, and build proofs of concept. Run open·kritt on a dedicated Docker host or VM; see the threat model before scanning untrusted code.

For prerequisites, manual Docker setup, and provider-specific instructions, read the installation guide and AI provider setup.

Preview the documentation locally with Mint:

npm install -g mint
cd docs-site
npm run dev

Open http://localhost:3001 to view the site.

Questions and ideas belong in GitHub Discussions. Use GitHub Issues for bugs and feature requests.

Contributions are welcome. Read CONTRIBUTING.md for the development setup, test commands, Conventional Commits, and DCO sign-off requirements.

Please report security vulnerabilities privately by following SECURITY.md, not through a public issue.

open·kritt is licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0.

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