You Are Building. Attackers Are Targeting You.

If you are a solo developer or indie hacker, you might think you are too small to be a target. You are wrong. Automated attacks do not care about your team size. Attackers scan GitHub continuously for exposed API keys, vulnerable dependencies, and misconfigured infrastructure. They do not target you specifically—they target everyone, and you are simply the easiest victim among the thousands they scan each day.

The average data breach costs small businesses and solo developers between $15,000 and $50,000—not including the time spent recovering, the customers lost, and the reputational damage. For a bootstrapped startup, a breach often means closing the business entirely.

Enterprise security tools are not built for you. Snyk starts at $25 per user per month and quickly scales to hundreds. GitHub Advanced Security requires an Enterprise account costing thousands per year. Semgrep requires configuration expertise you do not have time to develop. These tools assume you have a dedicated security person. You do not. You have a product to ship.

📊 The reality check: In Debuggix's scan of 100+ repositories, every single project had at least one security issue. The average solo developer project had 17 dependency CVEs, 3 hardcoded secrets, and 6 configuration misconfigurations. Most developers had no idea these issues existed.

The False Positive Problem Destroys Solo Developer Productivity

A typical security scan produces 134 findings. Most are false positives—test files flagged as production, intentional patterns flagged as vulnerabilities, example keys flagged as real credentials. A developer with a security team can triage these. A solo developer cannot.

The result is predictable. You run a scan. You see 100 alerts. You close the tab. The vulnerabilities remain. Attackers find them. Your customers pay the price.

Debuggix solves this with AI filtering that reads your documentation, understands your project structure, and reduces noise by over 90%. A scan that produces 134 raw findings might surface only 6 real issues. You fix the 6. You move on with building your product.

Pricing Built for Bootstrapped Founders

Free

$0/month
  • 10 public scans per month
  • All 9 security engines
  • AI noise filtering
  • Public verified badges
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Pro

$29/month
  • 100 private scans
  • AI-generated fixes
  • GitHub PR integration
  • Priority support
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No sales calls. No enterprise contracts. Cancel anytime. You should not need a $400/month Snyk subscription to secure your side project.

Real Indie Hackers Using Debuggix

"Debuggix scanned my open source financial planning tool and found 3 critical issues I had no idea existed. One was an open redirect that could have been exploited. The AI fix suggestion was accurate. Fixed in 20 minutes." — AgentWasp maintainer

"I'm a solo founder building a YC-backed startup. I cannot afford a security team. Debuggix scans my private repos every week and sends me a report. I spend 10 minutes on security instead of 10 hours." — InfraCanvas founder

"The verified badge on my README increased trust from potential contributors. People see the badge and know the repo is professionally scanned before they contribute." — yamlresume maintainer

Your Security Workflow as a Solo Developer

Here is how you integrate security without slowing down:

  1. Before your weekly release: Paste your GitHub URL into Debuggix. Get a report in 60 seconds.
  2. Review the 3-6 real issues: Debuggix filters out the noise. You only see what matters.
  3. Apply AI-generated fixes or fix manually: Pro plan users get a GitHub PR with suggested fixes.
  4. Merge and deploy: Your product ships, and you shipped it securely.

The entire process takes less than 15 minutes per week. Compare that to setting up Snyk (2 hours), configuring Semgrep (4 hours), or hiring a security consultant ($5,000).

What You Get With Debuggix Pro

  • 9 engines in 60 seconds: Semgrep, Gitleaks, TruffleHog, Trivy, Bandit, ESLint, Hadolint, Checkov, OSV-Scanner
  • AI noise filtering: Reduces false positives by over 90%
  • AI-generated fixes: Get a GitHub PR with the exact code change needed
  • Private repo scanning: Your code never leaves secure ephemeral containers
  • Verified badge: Show the world your code is secure