crab-code — security grade CAUTION, quality 70/100

Security audit verdict: CAUTION · quality 70/100

Flagged: reads sensitive env vars. Scanned against the SlowMist agent-security taxonomy, refreshed every 8 hours. Full audit →

by lingcoder · MCP Server · ★ 74

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About crab-code

Open-source alternative to Claude Code, built from scratch in Rust. English | 中文 Active Development — 4900+ tests · 27 crates · 158k LOC Crab Code is a Rust-native agentic coding CLI. It aligns with Claude Code's toolset, permission model, and interaction patterns while supporting any LLM provider (Anthropic / OpenAI / DeepSeek / Bedrock / Vertex). Quick Start See for more. Config lives at (snakecase TOML); the full loading & merge spec is in . Configuration Config sources, low → high priority: defaults <

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Quick Facts

Stars74
Forks12
LanguageRust
CategoryMCP Server
LicenseMIT
Quality Score70.3835924722572/100
Open Issues5
Last Updated2026-08-16
Created2026-04-02
Platformsclaude-code, cli, mcp, rust
Est. Tokens~23k

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is crab-code?

crab-code is 🦀 Open-source alternative to Claude Code, built from scratch in Rust. Agentic coding CLI — thinks, plans, and executes with any LLM. Compatible with Claude Code workflows.. It is categorized as a MCP Server with 74 GitHub stars.

What programming language is crab-code written in?

crab-code is primarily written in Rust. It covers topics such as agent, agentic-coding, ai.

How do I install or use crab-code?

You can find installation instructions and usage details in the crab-code GitHub repository at github.com/lingcoder/crab-code. The project has 74 stars and 12 forks, indicating an active community.

What license does crab-code use?

crab-code is released under the MIT license, making it free to use and modify according to the license terms.

What are the best alternatives to crab-code?

The top alternatives to crab-code on Agent Skills Hub include claude-code-open, holysheep-cli, claudekit. Each offers a different approach to the same problem space — compare them side-by-side by stars, quality score, and community activity.

How this security grade is produced

Grades come from a rule-based scan built on the SlowMist agent-security taxonomy, covering 11 red-flag categories including credential harvesting, data exfiltration, and curl | sh installers. It is a first-layer scan, not a manual audit — we say so rather than overstate it.

The scale of the problem is documented independently: Liu et al. (2026), in a study of 31,132 agent skills, report that 26.1% contain security vulnerabilities. Our own full-catalog census is published as a citable open dataset.

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