A Rule Writer vs a Security
Security Harness.
Semgrep is excellent at writing and running custom static analysis rules — it's where Console starts. But writing a rule is step one. Console is the system that deploys, tracks, triages, remediates, and reports across your entire environment. Semgrep is a rule engine. Console is the harness.
SEE CONSOLE IN ACTION →Semgrep writes the rule.
Console runs the system.
OpenGrep (the OSS fork of Semgrep) is literally the engine Console uses for custom SAST detection. But a rule engine is only step one. Console is what happens after the rule finds something.
SEMGREP / OPENGREP
Best-in-class custom static analysis rules. Write SAST rules in YAML, run them across code, surface findings. OpenGrep extends this as the OSS fork. Where custom detection starts.
- Industry-standard YAML rule syntax
- OpenGrep: OSS, no vendor lock-in
- Fast pattern matching at scale
- Community-maintained rule registry
- No orchestration layer
- No triage automation
- No remediation workflows
- No narrative reporting
- No pipeline execution beyond finding
- No operations cockpit
AMPLIFY CONSOLE
Runs on top of OpenGrep. Agents write, test, and deploy your Semgrep rules — then orchestrate everything that happens after: triage, fix, report. The harness layer above the rule engine.
- Agents write OpenGrep rules for you
- Context-aware triage automation
- Cloud-to-production pipeline execution
- One-click + orchestrated remediation
- Narrative security reports
- Operations Cockpit — live view
- Works on top of any existing Semgrep config
Semgrep does detection.
Console does everything else.
Not a takedown. A clear map of where each tool starts and stops.
| CAPABILITY | SEMGREP | AMPLIFY CONSOLE |
|---|---|---|
| Custom SAST rules (YAML/pattern) | Best-in-class | Via OpenGrep |
| Agents that write + deploy rules for you | Full | |
| Context-aware alert triage | Priority-aware | |
| Cloud-to-pipeline execution | CI only | Deep plumbing |
| One-click / agentic remediation | Built-in | |
| Narrative security reports | Full | |
| Reachability analysis | Full | |
| Operations Cockpit (live view) | Real-time | |
| OpenGrep (OSS Semgrep fork) | Parent project | Native engine |
| Security-engineer-native workflows | Partial | Purpose-built |
The honest answer.
Semgrep and Console aren't really competing. One is a rule engine; the other is the harness it runs inside.
KEEP USING SEMGREP WHEN:
- You need to write and maintain your own detection rules
- You want an OSS-first, no-vendor-lock approach (use OpenGrep)
- Your team is primarily developers self-reviewing code
- You want a lightweight, fast CI scanner with no orchestration overhead
- The rule engine is all you need right now
SWITCH TO CONSOLE WHEN:
- You want agents to write, test, and deploy your detection rules
- You need triage automation — not just a list of findings
- Your team spends hours managing Semgrep output manually
- You want orchestrated remediation, not just rule alerts
- You need security reports leadership can read
- You're running Semgrep in CI and wondering 'now what?'
Console is built on OpenGrep — the OSS Semgrep fork. If you have existing Semgrep rules, Console runs them natively. You don't start over. You get the harness on top.
Your coding agents try to do security.
This is Built for Security Engineers.
We'll plug Console into your existing Semgrep/OpenGrep setup in 72 hours.
Your rules stay. The orchestration layer gets added on top.