What is Aderyn?
/aˈdɛrɪn/ - Welsh (noun) - Bird. A member of the class of animals Aves in the phylum Chordata.
Aderyn is an open-source, public-good developer tool. It is a Rust-based solidity smart contract static analyzer designed to help protocol engineers and security researchers find vulnerabilities in Solidity code bases.
Aderyn does multiple things, but at its core, it will help you:
1. Identify Solidity Smart contract vulnerabilities: Solidity Developers and Security Auditors use Cyfrin Aderyn to identify potential vulnerabilities in Solidity code and highlight parts of the codebase for further investigation.
3. Identify known issues and protect your value: Competitive auditing platforms can use Cyfrin Aderyn to detect and filter out known issues inside protocol codebases, protecting customers' and auditors' time and value.
Cyfrin Aderyn Key Features
Command Line Interface: Aderyn offers a developer-friendly CLI to customize its settings and your Solidity smart contracts analysis and reports.
Analyse only what matters: Aderyn allows specifying particular contracts to be analyzed or excluded, giving users control over the scope of the analysis.
Full control over your reports: The analysis results can be outputted in different formats, including Markdown and JSON, catering to different needs, such as human-readable reports or CI (Continuous Integration) pipeline integration.
Lighting fast execution: Written in Rust, Aderyn keeps its analysis times under the second.
Use Cases
Aderyn is versatile and can be used in various scenarios, such as:
Pre-audit Analysis: Developers can use Aderyn to identify and address critical, high, and medium-severity issues in smart contracts before sending them for formal audits.
Automated Testing in CI Pipelines: Integrating Aderyn into CI pipelines allows automated scanning of contracts with each build, ensuring continuous security.
Smart Contract Development and Debugging: Developers can use Aderyn during the development phase to catch issues early in the development lifecycle.
Custom Security Analysis: By creating custom detectors, users can tailor the analysis to specific needs or concerns unique to their projects.
Contributing
Aderyn is a fully open-source smart contract security and auditing tool powered by Cyfrin. It continually evolves, with future updates expected to streamline the installation process, enhance configuration options, and expand its analytical capabilities.
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