deepsec vs plannotator
The two are close in size: 7.9k stars for deepsec, 8.4k for plannotator. Over the days we have tracked them deepsec moved +154.8% and plannotator +41.8%, so deepsec is growing faster right now.
They split the axes: deepsec leads on context depth and noise control and customization, plannotator on setup ease.
Stars and commit dates come from our own daily tracking. The six axes are read off each project's documentation by our review pipeline, so they describe what a project says about itself, not what we measured in its code.
Where they stand today
Agent-powered whole-repo vulnerability scanner that scales across workers, resumes interrupted runs, and lets you grow project-specific matchers.
- Stars
- 7.9k
- Tracked growth
- +154.8%
- Maturity
- ●●●●●
- Last commit
- 20h ago
- Language
- TypeScript
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Cost to run
- Uses your model API keys; full-repo scans can be costly for large repos
A local, browser-based review surface that plugs directly into many agent hooks so you can annotate plans, diffs, and HTML and send structured feedback back to the agent.
- Stars
- 8.4k
- Tracked growth
- +41.8%
- Maturity
- ●●●●●
- Last commit
- 1d ago
- Language
- TypeScript
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Cost to run
- Free, self-hosted; external agent API keys or accounts may be required
Six axes, head to head
Each axis runs 0 to 5. The label under a score is what that project's own docs claim, not a category average.
| Axis | deepsec | plannotator |
|---|---|---|
Context depth How much of your codebase it sees before it answers: the open diff, the diff plus related files, or the whole repository. | ●●●●● Whole-repo analysis | ●●●●● Diff-focused |
Noise control How it keeps output volume down — severity thresholds, deduplication, incremental runs over new commits only. | ●●●●● Revalidate + matchers | ●●●●● No noise controls |
Customization How far it bends to your team: custom rules, prompts, style guides, per-path config. | ●●●●● Plugins & matchers | ●●●●● Config file options |
Privacy Whether your code stays on your own infrastructure: fully local, self-hostable, or cloud API only. | ●●●●● Cloud APIs with key | ●●●●● Self-hostable |
Model freedom Whether you can point it at any provider, or it is wired to one. | ●●●●● BYOK & providers | ●●●●● Multiple providers |
Setup ease What it takes to get a first useful run out of it. | ●●●●● Config + API key | ●●●●● One-command install |
Which one to pick
Pick deepsec if…
High-coverage — pick deepsec when you need an agent-driven, tunable scanner that analyzes entire large codebases and supports custom matchers and distributed execution.
- Context depth: Whole-repo analysis (5/5 against 2/5)
- Noise control: Revalidate + matchers (4/5 against 1/5)
- Customization: Plugins & matchers (5/5 against 3/5)
Pick plannotator if…
Local and agent-integrated: pick Plannotator when you want a local browser UI to review agent plans and code diffs and to send feedback directly to the agent.
- Setup ease: One-command install (5/5 against 3/5)
What people want from each one
vercel-labs/deepsec
backnotprop/plannotator
Questions people ask
Is deepsec better than plannotator?
They split the axes: deepsec leads on context depth and noise control and customization, plannotator on setup ease. deepsec is worth picking when high-coverage — pick deepsec when you need an agent-driven, tunable scanner that analyzes entire large codebases and supports custom matchers and distributed execution.
Which of deepsec and plannotator keeps my code private?
deepsec: Cloud APIs with key (3/5). plannotator: Self-hostable (4/5).
What does each one cost to run?
deepsec: Uses your model API keys; full-repo scans can be costly for large repos. plannotator: Free, self-hosted; external agent API keys or accounts may be required.
Full profiles: vercel-labs/deepsec and backnotprop/plannotator. Everything else in Code review agents.