Nightly security audits for your homelab.
From your Mac. Without the SaaS.
Noxen runs agentless audits against your remote Linux boxes and VPSs. CVEs, weak SSH, rotting TLS, exposed admin panels — caught the morning after. Findings sync to your iPhone.
What it does
Four checks every Linux fleet needs
Each runs over your existing SSH keys. No agent to install, no port to open. Findings diff against the last scan so you only see what changed.
- CVE matching Reads dpkg/rpm package inventory and matches against a signed feed sourced from VulnCheck NVD++ and OSV.dev.
- SSH & TLS audit Weak ciphers, deprecated protocols, HSTS, OCSP stapling, near-expiry certs, sshd_config drift.
- Exposed admin surfaces Detects 70+ services — Grafana, Portainer, phpMyAdmin, unauth Redis/Mongo/Elasticsearch. Flag only, never authenticates.
- Diff-from-yesterday Only shows what's new since the last scan — so you read it like email, not like a 200-row report.
How it compares
Where Noxen fits
The server-audit space is split between heavy enterprise scanners, host-installed CLIs, and per-device agents. Noxen sits in a different spot: a native Mac control plane, agentless over your existing SSH keys.
| Noxen | Pareto Security | Lynis | Nessus | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Agentless over SSH | Desktop agent per device | Host-installed script | Both (agent + agentless) |
| macOS-native control plane | Yes | Yes | CLI only | Web UI |
| Audits remote Linux fleet | Yes | Yes — via Pareto Cloud + agent on each device | Per-host (or paid central mgmt) | Yes |
| Pricing | $79 one-time | Free desktop · paid Cloud tiers | Free (open source) | $4,790/yr (Professional) |
| Primary audience | Homelabs, small fleets | Cross-platform endpoints | Sysadmins, hardening pros | Enterprise & SMB |
Why this exists
Real homelab problems. Mac-native solutions.
Noxen came out of a frustration shared by anyone running their own small fleet: enterprise scanners are too heavy, single-host CLIs don't survey breadth, and SaaS round-trips are the wrong privacy model for servers in your house. Noxen is the alternative.
- Notarised & signed by Apple Distributed via Apple's Developer ID + notarisation pipeline — the same channel as most indie Mac apps. Tampering is detectable at launch.
- Sparkle update channel Ed25519-signed release artefacts, verified before any update is applied. Public-key rotation is documented.
- Direct support Questions and false-positive reports go to hello@noxen.app and get a reply within a business day.