Cybersecurity toolkits · Rank #34
vigil
Grade C: derived only from the two verdicts below. How grades work
Vigil: The leading open source AI SOC. Apache 2.0. Runs against your own LLM, local or remote.
Why this verdict
How we check →- 827 commits by 25 contributors in the last 90 days (603 in the last 30). receipt ↗
- Latest release v0.7.0, 11 days ago. receipt ↗
- OpenAI SDK 1 declared; latest is 3 (2 majors behind). receipt ↗
- On current major: NumPy, Pydantic, SQLAlchemy. receipt ↗
- Not counted in verdict: Anthropic SDK 0 → 1, FastAPI 0 → 0. receipt ↗
Snapshot: commit efbfd8c on main, checked 2026-10-19 06:30 UTC. Receipts link to files at this exact commit.
- Two or more breaking releases behind on a core dependency.
Dependency freshness
| Package | Declared | Latest | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAI SDK openai | 1.40.0 | 3.35.1 | 2 majors behind |
| Anthropic SDK anthropic | 0.45.0 | 1.15.0 | Behind, not counted |
| FastAPI fastapi | 0.141.1 | 0.146.0 | Behind, not counted |
| NumPy numpy | 2.5.3 | 2.5.4 | Current |
| Pydantic pydantic | 2.0.0 | 2.14.1 | Current |
| SQLAlchemy sqlalchemy | 2.1.0 | 2.1.5 | Current |
Declared = lowest version the kit's dependency file (package.json, pyproject.toml or requirements.txt) allows. Latest = the npm "latest" tag or the newest PyPI release. TypeScript, the Stripe SDK, FastAPI and other 0.x packages are shown but not counted in the verdict.
What's in the stack
- Framework
- FastAPI
- Database / ORM
- SQLAlchemy, PostgreSQL (psycopg)
- API layer
- Pydantic, Uvicorn
- Testing
- pytest
Detected from declared dependencies. A listed package means it's installed, not necessarily fully wired up.
What the README says you get
- AIBuilt-in specialist agents
Vigil ships a set of built-in specialist agents covering the core SOC roles
- AICustom agents from console
you can add your own from the console
- AILocal model fallback
`scripts/local_model.sh` serves a small local model Bifrost can reach
- APIMCP integrations
Vigil connects agents to your existing tools through MCP
- APIVigil MCP server
Vigil serves its SOC operations (findings, cases, approvals, hunts) at `/mcp`
- AuthBootstrap admin account
the first visit creates the admin
- OtherMarkdown workflow files
A workflow is a `WORKFLOW.md` file: YAML frontmatter that says what runs
- OtherMultiple workflow run kinds
A workflow's `run_kind` decides how it executes
- OtherHuman approval gates
`approval_required: true` holds a phase for a human before it acts
- OtherConfidence-based auto-approval
The daemon's auto-responder routes by confidence
- OtherCustom Integration Builder
generate one from API docs with the **Custom Integration Builder**
- OtherDetection rule indexing
indexes community rule sets (Sigma, Splunk ESCU, Elastic, KQL) for search, coverage analysis, and gap identification
Extracted from the kit's README by a local AI model (deepseek-flash) on Oct 19, 2026. Every item is checked against an exact README quote; 2 unverifiable items were discarded. A README claim is the maker's description, not something we tested.
Watch vigil
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History
Sep 29, 2026 → Oct 19, 2026. One square per check, colored by maintenance status. Hover for details.
Show as a table
| Date | Maintenance | Dependencies | Commits (90d) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 2026 | Active | 2+ majors behind | 827 |
| Oct 12, 2026 | Active | 2+ majors behind | 762 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | Active | 2+ majors behind | 376 |
Sources
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- Commit history ↗ default branch (main) at the checked commit: pulse, contributors, last commit
- Releases ↗ latest release
- requirements.txt ↗ declared dependency versions and stack (at commit efbfd8c)
- README ↗ quoted features at the checked commit
- PyPI ↗ latest versions of Python packages (each linked in the table above)