Scout: Security Analysis Tool

Scout is an extensible open-source tool intended to assist smart contract developers and auditors detect common security issues and deviations from best practices. This is the vscode extension for Scout.

Visit Scout's website to learn more about the project, currently available for ink!, Soroban and Substrate.

Features

Detection of common security issues and deviations from best practices.

Visit Scout's documentation for the full list of detectors.

Requirements

Before installing the extension, make sure you have the following requirements:

• Scout Audit installed.

Getting started

Visit Scout's documentation for more details on the extension and the usage of Scout.

About CoinFabrik

We - CoinFabrik - are a research and development company specialized in Web3, with a strong background in cybersecurity. Founded in 2014, we have worked on over 180 blockchain-related projects, EVM based and also for Solana, Algorand, and Polkadot. Beyond development, we offer security audits through a dedicated in-house team of senior cybersecurity professionals, currently working on code in Substrate, Solidity, Clarity, Rust, and TEAL.

Our team has an academic background in computer science and mathematics, with work experience focused on cybersecurity and software development, including academic publications, patents turned into products, and conference presentations. Furthermore, we have an ongoing collaboration on knowledge transfer and open-source projects with the University of Buenos Aires.

License

Scout is licensed and distributed under a MIT license. Contact us if you're looking for an exception to the terms.