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CrowdSec

Open-source security engine that detects malicious behavior from logs and HTTP requests and blocks it through bouncers for web servers, reverse proxies and firewalls.

CrowdSec is an open-source security engine that reads system logs and HTTP requests and detects behavior with scenarios. It does not block traffic itself: remediation components, called bouncers, enforce its decisions at the firewall, in web servers or in reverse proxies. The AppSec component adds web application firewall rules to web servers and reverse proxies that have a bouncer installed, and one engine can serve several of them.

CrowdSec, a French company, maintains the project. The engine is installed from packages or a Docker image, and a web console, offered as a hosted service, manages the setup alongside the cscli command-line tool.

Worth knowing

The console is a hosted service, and its Premium tier is paid. Sharing detected attacks is optional: the introduction says the sharing applies when a user participates, and in return the engine downloads the community blocklist from the central API.

Identity

Status
Active
Maintainer
CrowdSec SAS5
Maintained by
Company5
First release
20204
Headquarters
France5

Rendering and deploy

Runs as
Always on9
Install with
deb and rpm packages2789

Releases

Current major version
111
Last release
2026-10-2611

Adoption

GitHub stars
15,3593
Contributors
8712

Why these figures do not compare

Sources

  1. 2026-10-28: links
    www.crowdsec.net/
  2. 2026-10-28: links, Install with, Admin interface
    docs.crowdsec.net/docs/intro
  3. 2026-10-28: links, Written in, Runtime, License, License model, GitHub stars
    api.github.com/repos/crowdsecurity/crowdsec
  4. 2026-10-28: First release
    github.com/crowdsecurity/crowdsec/releases
  5. 2026-10-28: Maintainer, Maintained by, Headquarters
    www.crowdsec.net/legal-notices
  6. 2026-10-28: Categories
    docs.crowdsec.net/docs/appsec/intro
  7. 2026-10-28: Install with
    docs.crowdsec.net/u/getting_started/installation/linux
  8. 2026-10-28: Install with
    docs.crowdsec.net/u/getting_started/installation/docker
  9. 2026-10-28: Install with, Runs as
    docs.crowdsec.net/u/getting_started/installation/windows
  10. 2026-10-28: links
    www.crowdsec.net/pricing
  11. 2026-10-28: Current major version, Last release
    github.com/crowdsecurity/crowdsec/releases/tag/v1.8.2
  12. 2026-10-28: Contributors
    api.github.com/repos/crowdsecurity/crowdsec/contributors?per_page=1
  13. 2026-10-28: links
    github.com/crowdsecurity/crowdsec/blob/master/README.md

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