Appcanary provided a service to monitor servers for vulnerable software. This involved scanning for known security flaws, aiming to prevent the deployment of software with identified vulnerabilities.

Appcanary offered a monitoring solution that scanned servers to detect and alert users about vulnerable software. It utilized a proprietary agent to identify known security flaws, helping organizations prevent the deployment of vulnerable software and reduce the risk of cyber threats. The service aimed to improve overall system security by proactively identifying and addressing potential weaknesses before they could be exploited. However, the service has been discontinued as the team has joined GitHub to work on expanding GitHub's security tooling.

Proprietary agent for scanning servers

Vulnerability detection and alerting

Identification of known security flaws

Monitoring service for software

Appcanary's primary customers were organizations and individuals seeking to enhance their server security by identifying and mitigating software vulnerabilities.