---
id: 2553
title: "Launching Opengrep | Why we forked Semgrep"
source_domain: aikido.dev
source_url: "https://www.aikido.dev/blog/launching-opengrep-why-we-forked-semgrep"
published_at: "2025-01-24 00:00"
tags: ["open-source", "sast", "semgrep", "code-analysis", "opengrep", "fork", "license"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/2553"
lang: en
---

# Launching Opengrep | Why we forked Semgrep

## Summary

Aikido and ten rivals launched Opengrep, a fork of Semgrep CE, after Semgrep locked community rules under restrictive licenses—echoing Elasticsearch/OpenSearch and Terraform/OpenTofu splits.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** aikido.dev
- **Published:** 2025-01-24 00:00
- **Original:** https://www.aikido.dev/blog/launching-opengrep-why-we-forked-semgrep
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/2553