How does vibecheck compare
to other security scanners?
There are a lot of security tools. This page compares vibecheck against the ones indie developers most often consider. Every claim below reflects the tools' current pricing and feature pages as of July 2026.
vibecheck is the only scanner built specifically for the threat model of vibe-coded apps — Supabase RLS gaps, unauthenticated Next.js routes, and secrets in AI-generated code — and the only one that explains every finding in plain English without requiring security expertise. For dependency CVEs, Snyk is still the better choice and they work well together.
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Lovable apps are full-stack Next.js + Supabase by default. The most common security gaps are disabled RLS and unauthenticated API routes — exactly what vibecheck's custom checks target.
Cursor generates a lot of code fast. vibecheck catches the patterns Cursor skips — missing auth on routes, NEXT_PUBLIC_ secret exposure, and weak session handling.
Bolt.new apps ship with Supabase and a full API layer. vibecheck's RLS scanner and unauthenticated-route check are the most important first pass before going to production.
v0 generates UI components rather than full-stack apps, so the security surface is narrower. Run vibecheck on the repo it ends up in, plus enable GitHub Code Scanning on the Vercel-connected repo for ongoing CI coverage.
Replit apps often have secrets in source and no auth on endpoints — both things vibecheck catches with Gitleaks and the custom unauthenticated-routes check.
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Why vibecheck exists
Every scanner on this page was designed before vibe coding was a mainstream development pattern. They're good at what they do — but they assume the developer wrote the code themselves and understands what they're looking at.
Vibe-coded apps have a predictable and different set of vulnerabilities: AI models optimise for functional code, not secure defaults. They forget to enable RLS. They generate API routes without auth checks. They expose secrets in client-side variables. Generic scanners find some of this, but they output raw rule IDs that require security expertise to act on.
vibecheck runs the tools that catch these patterns (Gitleaks, Semgrep, njsscan) plus checks written specifically for the vibe-coding threat model, then passes every finding through Claude to produce a plain-English explanation and a concrete fix — not a reference to OWASP A03.
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