OWASP ZAP
The OWASP Zed Attack Proxy (ZAP) is one of the world’s most popular free security tools and is actively maintained by hundreds of international volunteers*. It can help you automatically find security vulnerabilities in your web applications while you are developing and testing your applications. Its also a great tool for experienced pentesters to use for manual security testing.
####ZAP is taking part in the Google Summer of Code! If you'd like to participate then see the GSoC 2016 wiki page
####Please help us to make ZAP even better for you by answering the ZAP User Questionnaire!
For general information about ZAP:
- Home page - the official ZAP page on the OWASP wiki (includes a donate button;)
- Twitter - official ZAP announcements (low volume)
- Blog - official ZAP blog
- Monthly Newsletters - ZAP news, tutorials, 3rd party tools and featured contributors
For help using ZAP:
- Getting Started Guide (pdf) - an introductory guide you can print
- Tutorial Videos
- Frequently Asked Questions
- User Guide - online version of the User Guide included with ZAP
- User Group - ask questions about using ZAP
- IRC: irc.mozilla.org #websectools (eg using Mibbit) - chat with core ZAP developers (European office hours usually best)
- Add-ons - help for the optional add-ons you can install
- StackOverflow - because some people use this for everything ;)
To learn more about ZAP development:
- Source Code - for all of the ZAP related projects
- Wiki - lots of detailed info
- Developer Group - ask questions about the ZAP internals
- Crowdin (GUI) - help translate the ZAP GUI
- Crowdin (User Guide) - help translate the ZAP User Guide
- OpenHub - FOSS analytics
- BountySource - Vote on ZAP issues (you can also donate money here, but 10% taken out)
Justification
Justification for the statements made in the tagline at the top;)
Popularity:
- ToolsWatch Annual Best Free/Open Source Security Tool Survey:
- 2015 1st
- 2014 2nd
- 2013 [1st] (http://www.toolswatch.org/2013/12/2013-top-security-tools-as-voted-by-toolswatch-org-readers/)
Contributors: