# Is Julia safe?

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**Created:** [October 7, 2024, 1:03pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-julia-safe/121006 "2024-10-07T13:03:31Z")\
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> [@Secure coding in Julia?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/secure-coding-in-julia/115972/1):
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> They are looking for tools related to SAST (Static Analysis Security Testing)

I don’t think that there is any such tool for Julia. On the other hand it is mostly - but not only - needed for memory unsafe languages like C/C++. I mean, there are tools to statically analyze Julia code, but they do not have the focus on security.

See also: [Static application security testing - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Static_application_security_testing)

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