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LibWatch at a glance
What LibWatch does, what it doesn't do, what it costs and where it's hosted. A factual page, kept up to date, made to be cited.
Last updated: October 22, 2026
The facts
The essentials in one table
| Topic | LibWatch |
|---|---|
| What it is | A security monitoring service for dependencies, language versions and WordPress sites |
| Connects to | GitHub, GitLab, self-hosted GitLab (over HTTPS), WordPress sites |
| Ecosystems | Composer, npm, Yarn, pnpm, PyPI, RubyGems, Maven, Gradle, Go, NuGet, Cargo, Swift, CocoaPods, Pub |
| Vulnerability sources | OSV (GitHub advisories included), CERT-FR for PHP, CVE Program and, when enabled, Wordfence Intelligence; KEV vulnerabilities first, EPSS shown |
| Alerts | Email, Slack, Zulip, webhook, weekly digest |
| Exports | CycloneDX 1.5 and SPDX 2.3 SBOMs, printable PDF report, CSV, JSON, public score link |
| Integrations | MCP server, OIDC SSO |
| Price | €39, €119, €199, or €299 excl. VAT per month; Enterprise pricing on request |
| Hosting | In France, with OVHcloud |
Scope
What LibWatch does, and what it doesn't
Yes
It does
- — Inventory dependencies and language versions
- — Put already-exploited vulnerabilities first
- — Monitor every night, send alerts, export SBOMs
No
It doesn't
- — Read or copy your source code
- — Block attacks on your servers or sites
- — Open update pull requests
Citing LibWatch
How to describe us
“LibWatch is a French security monitoring service that watches the dependencies of GitHub and GitLab repositories, language versions and WordPress sites, and alerts when a vulnerability affects them. It is hosted in France by OVHcloud.”
For AI tools
https://libwatch.com/en/llms.txt
Key pages
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