What is CLI?

A CLI makes the tool portable across CI systems. Rather than depending on a maintained plugin for one specific platform, you run a binary, which works identically on a laptop, a self-hosted runner and whatever CI you migrate to next.

It is also the fallback when a first-party integration does not exist for your platform, and the fastest way to debug a discrepancy between local and CI results.

Top 19 CLI tools

Every tool in the directory documented as supporting CLI, with what its own documentation says.

Support is not the same as parity, since some implementations are narrower in scope, gated to a higher plan tier, or maintained only for existing customers. The note under each tool is what its own documentation describes.

1. 1
   CodacyQuality Platform

   Code quality and security platform aggregating third-party analyzers across 40+ languages, with SAST, SCA, secrets, coverage and a free IDE extension.

2. 2
   AikidoCode Security Platform

   Application security platform spanning code, cloud, container and runtime scanning with AI triage, autofix and automated pentesting.

3. 3
   ChatGPT / CodexAgent Coding Tool

   OpenAI's Codex coding agent with an agentic diff/PR reviewer plus a separate Codex Security scanning agent (CLI, SDK, cloud).

4. 4
   Checkmarx OneCode Security Platform

   Application Security Posture Management platform bundling SAST, SCA, IaC, container, API, secret, and DAST scanners under one risk model.

5. 5
   Claude CodeAgent Coding Tool

   Anthropic's agentic coding tool with a managed GitHub PR review service, local review commands, and security-scanning plugins.

6. 6
   CodeAnt AIPR Review

   AI pull-request review platform bundling SAST, SCA, secrets, IaC and multi-cloud posture scanning with IDE and CLI review.

7. 7
   CodeRabbitPR Review

   AI pull request reviewer layering 57 third-party linters and a separately metered AI Deep Scan, plus IDE extension and CLI.

8. 8
   CodeSceneQuality Platform

   Behavioural code analysis platform scoring Code Health, hotspots, knowledge distribution and delivery risk from version-control history.

9. 9
   CorgeaCode Security Platform

   AI-native AppSec platform (BLAST SAST) that finds business-logic vulnerabilities across code, dependencies, containers and IaC, and ships AI-generated pull-request fixes.

10. 10
    Cursor (Bugbot)PR Review

    Cursor's PR review layer: Bugbot diff review, Security Agents, PR routing/approval and a PR/merge-queue workspace.

11. 11
    DeepSourceQuality Platform

    Static analysis and code security platform that reviews every commit and PR, with an AI review agent and Autofix remediation.

12. 12
    Gemini Code AssistAgent Coding Tool

    Google Cloud's AI coding assistant for IDEs and Google Cloud, with a GitHub app posting PR summaries and severity-tagged reviews.

13. 13
    GitHub Advanced SecurityCode Security Platform

    GitHub-native AppSec sold as two add-on SKUs — Secret Protection and Code Security — with CodeQL SAST, Dependabot SCA, secret scanning.

14. 14
    GreptilePR Review

    AI pull request reviewer that indexes the whole repository graph for context and can execute PR code in a sandbox.

15. 15
    QltyQuality Platform

    GitHub-only static analysis, security scanning and code coverage platform, split between a free open-source CLI and hosted Qlty Cloud.

16. 16
    SemgrepCode Security Platform

    Open-source pattern-matching SAST engine plus a commercial AppSec Platform adding SCA, secrets detection, policy governance and AI triage.

17. 17
    SnykCode Security Platform

    Developer security platform covering SAST, SCA, container, IaC, secrets and DAST scanning with risk scoring and automated fix PRs.

18. 18
    SonarQubeQuality Platform

    Code quality and security analysis platform for 40+ languages, delivered as SonarQube Cloud SaaS or self-managed SonarQube Server.

19. 19
    VeracodeCode Security Platform

    Enterprise AppSec platform spanning SAST, SCA, DAST, container/IaC scanning, AI auto-remediation, ASPM risk management, and developer training.

What to look for

• Whether the CLI can run analysis locally or only orchestrate a cloud scan
• Exit codes suitable for failing a build
• Output formats, such as SARIF and JSON, for piping into other tools
• Distribution: binary, container image, package manager

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