Strix vs XBOW
Strix (Strix) and XBOW (XBOW) side by side on public data, as of Oct 6, 2026.
Strix shipped 14 stable releases in the past 90 days.
Side-by-side numbers
| Metric | Strix | XBOW |
|---|---|---|
| Pulse Score | 24 | 11 |
| Overall rank | #156 | #209 |
| Downloads, last 7 days | 8,244 | — |
| Downloads, 7-day change | up 9.7% | — |
| Downloads, 30-day change | down 57.0% | — |
| VS Code installs | — | — |
| Marketplace rating | — | — |
| GitHub stars | 66.8K | — |
| Homebrew installs, 30 days | — | — |
| Hacker News mentions, 30 days | 1 | 1 |
| Latest stable release | 1.7.0 · yesterday | — |
| Stable releases, 90 days | 14 | |
| Terminal-Bench (best run) | — | — |
| Price | Free + $29/mo | Usage-based |
| License | Apache-2.0 | |
| First released | August 2025 | July 2024 |
| Interfaces | — | — |
| Models |
Trends
Strix
An open-source multi-agent penetration testing tool that runs dynamic tests against applications, validates findings with working proofs of concept and proposes fixes; it runs locally with Docker or as a hosted service.
Pricing: Open-source version free to run locally. Strix Cloud Pro is $29 per seat a month with pentests billed separately; Enterprise custom.
Latest release 1.7.0:
- fix(models): frontier model check matches the model name only, never the provider route
- feat(reporting): link HTTP exchange evidence
- feat(prompts): require httpexchangeids for proxy-validated findings
- docs: add Vercel AI Gateway provider guide
XBOW
An autonomous offensive security platform that attacks web applications, chains findings into working exploits and reports vulnerabilities with reproducible proof, for continuous testing rather than periodic manual pentests.
Pricing: Usage-based pricing scoped to the environment; no public prices. Also sold through the AWS, Google, Oracle and Microsoft marketplaces.