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Open source software vulnerability scanning platform Snyk has acquired FossID, a Swedish startup that develops a software composition analysis tool for open source code.
Though the two companies operate in the same space, bringing FossID under its wing will give Snyk greater coverage for open source license compliance issues and more extensive support for software written in C and C++.
Snyk, which was founded out of London in 2015, helps developer teams find and address vulnerabilities and license violations in their open source codebases, containers, and Kubernetes applications via a giant internal database. The company counts high-profile companies such as Google, Twilio, Atlassian, and Salesforce among its customer base.
Above: Snyk: Code scan
Language support
Snyk currently supports dozens of languages, such as Java, JavaScript, Golang, Python, Ruby, and Scala. And although it already offered some support for C/C++, FossID will allow it to go deeper.
C and C++ are popular with millions of developers and used partly or wholly in major applications ranging from Amazon and YouTube to Photoshop, as well as in a wide range of open source software, such as database management system MySQL, Firefox, Google’s Chromium browser, and myriad legacy applications.
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