# gosec: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 8 judge labels across 1 category by 7 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/gosec

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Static application security testing](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/developer/static-application-security-testing/index.md) | 0% | 9 | 0% | 8 |

## What the models said for it

- "Gosec (Go) — when kept updated and integrated thoughtfully into CI" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, SAST)
- "For language-specific needs, consider Bandit or gosec." (Mistral Small, SAST)
- "Lightweight and focused on Go security issues. | Narrow scope" (Grok 4.20, SAST)
- "Good lightweight complements for Python or Go projects" (Perplexity Sonar, SAST)

## 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named gosec, from 13 of the 17 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- safeguard.sh: 12
- community.owasp.org: 7
- dev.to: 7
- appsecsanta.com: 6
- wiz.io: 6
- capterra.com: 3
- corgea.com: 3
- g2.com: 3
- gist.github.com: 3
- il.ly: 3

### Pages cited

- https://safeguard.sh/resources/blog/free-sast-tools-what-is-actually-free: 7
- https://safeguard.sh/resources/blog/tag/free-sast-tools: 7
- https://community.owasp.org/Free_for_Open_Source_Application_Security_Tools: 5
- https://community.owasp.org/Source_Code_Analysis_Tools: 5
- https://dev.to/rahulxsingh/i-reviewed-32-sast-tools-the-ones-worth-using-283e: 5
- https://wiz.io/academy/application-security/static-application-security-testing-sast: 5
- https://appsecsanta.com/sast-tools: 4
- https://dev.to/rahulxsingh/11-best-sast-tools-in-2026-static-application-security-testing-compared-4ajo: 4

## 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.