# Arachni: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 4 judge labels across 1 category by 4 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/arachni

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Dynamic application security testing](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/developer/dynamic-application-security-testing/index.md) | 0% | 74 | 100% | 4 |

## And against it

- "Arachni: Avoid relying on the original project for current coverage. Its GitHub repository was archived on May 31, 2026" (GPT-6 Luna, DAST)
- "it reached End-of-Life (EOL) around 2022... It does not receive updates for modern web technologies or payloads." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, DAST)
- "This project has essentially been abandoned... Using an unmaintained security scanner is itself a security risk" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, DAST)
- "Less actively maintained than ZAP" (Grok 4.20, DAST)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Arachni, from 6 of the 7 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- github.com: 3
- appsecsanta.com: 2
- augmentcode.com: 2
- blog.detectify.com: 2
- community.owasp.org: 2
- escape.tech: 2
- safeguard.sh: 2
- securityboulevard.com: 2
- zaproxy.org: 2
- apiiro.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://augmentcode.com/tools/best-dast-tools-for-enterprise-security: 2
- https://blog.detectify.com/best-practices/why-legacy-dast-tools-fail-modern-appsec: 2
- https://github.com/Arachni/arachni: 2
- https://safeguard.sh/resources/blog/best-dast-tools-for-web-application-security-testing: 2
- https://apiiro.com/blog/best-dast-tools-modern-application-security-testing: 1
- https://appsecsanta.com/arachni: 1
- https://appsecsanta.com/dast-tools: 1
- https://appsecsanta.com/w3af: 1

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.