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Perplexity AI Open-Sources Bumblebee, a Safe Supply-Chain Scanner

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from DEV Community ·

Perplexity AI released Bumblebee, an open-source tool that audits developer workstations for supply-chain vulnerabilities without executing code. It scans package managers, IDE extensions, and MCP server configs on macOS and Linux. The Go-based binary outputs NDJSON for integration with security dashboards.

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Bumblebee fills a real gap by auditing local dev environments safely, but its value depends on how well it integrates with existing security workflows.
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