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Panguard.AI

Open-source malware scanner and runtime guard for AI agents

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Hot score

90/100

Tracking since 2026-07-19. Saturation 18%.

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What is Panguard.AI?

Panguard.AI is an open-source malware scanner and runtime guard designed specifically for AI agents. It helps detect and block malicious payloads that could be injected into agent workflows, addressing a critical security gap as AI agents gain more autonomy and access to external tools. The tool provides real-time scanning of inputs and outputs, preventing prompt injection attacks and unauthorized data exfiltration. Built for developers integrating AI agents into production, Panguard.AI offers a lightweight, embeddable solution that can be added to existing agent pipelines without heavy overhead. It supports multiple agent frameworks and can be deployed as a sidecar or library. The project was recently launched on Product Hunt, signaling growing interest in AI agent security. Based on community signals so far, Panguard.AI aims to become a standard security layer for the emerging agent ecosystem.

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Key features

  • Real-time malware scanning for agent inputs
  • Runtime guard against prompt injection attacks
  • Lightweight and embeddable in agent pipelines
  • Supports multiple AI agent frameworks
  • Open-source with community contributions
  • Blocks unauthorized data exfiltration

Who should use this

Developers building AI agents that need runtime security against malware and injection attacks, especially those deploying agents in production environments with external tool access.

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Your AI agent runs third-party skills and MCP servers with full access to your files, keys and shell — no sandbox, no review. I scanned 96,096 published skills; 751 were malicious. PanGuard vets a skill before you install it, scans what you already have, and blocks hijack attempts at runtime. Free, MIT, fully on-device. Powered by 768 open ATR rules, already merged into Microsoft, Cisco, MISP and OWASP tooling. One command: npm install -g panguard && pga up
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Trend velocity

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Saturation

18%

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