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For open-source projects · acceptance requires a significant user base and/or criticality to global IT infrastructure
Read 30 Sep 2026 · google.github.io
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- Access requirement
- Project contacts need a Google account for full access to ClusterFuzz, including crash reports and fuzzer statistics.google.github.io · read 30 Sep 2026
- Alternative deployment
- Projects that do not qualify for OSS-Fuzz, including closed-source projects, can run their own ClusterFuzz or ClusterFuzzLite instances.google.github.io · read 30 Sep 2026
- Architectures
- OSS-Fuzz supports fuzzing x86_64 and i386 builds, with i386 not enabled by default.google.github.io · read 30 Sep 2026
- Build limit
- The setup guide says OSS-Fuzz allows up to four builds per day and builds once per day by default.google.github.io · read 30 Sep 2026
- Build setup
- Projects provide a Dockerfile and build.sh script to define the build environment and produce fuzz targets.google.github.io · read 30 Sep 2026
- Eligibility
- A project seeking acceptance must be open source and have a significant user base and/or be critical to global IT infrastructure.google.github.io · read 30 Sep 2026
- Fuzzing engines
- The documentation lists libFuzzer, AFL++, Honggfuzz and Centipede, with Centipede identified as experimental in the FAQ.google.github.io · read 30 Sep 2026
- Issue reporting
- By default, issues are filed in the OSS-Fuzz tracker; projects can opt to mirror them on GitHub.google.github.io · read 30 Sep 2026
- Languages
- The site lists C/C++, Rust, Go, Python, Java/JVM, JavaScript and Lua as supported languages.google.github.io · read 30 Sep 2026
- Maker history and location
- Google says it was officially born in August 1998 and that its current headquarters, the Googleplex, is in Mountain View, California.about.google · read 30 Sep 2026
- Purpose
- OSS-Fuzz runs fuzzers for open-source projects and privately alerts developers to bugs it detects.google.github.io · read 30 Sep 2026
- Resource limit
- The guide states that builders have 250 GB of disk space, including the operating system, and builds must stay below that peak usage.google.github.io · read 30 Sep 2026
- Sanitizers
- OSS-Fuzz runs fuzzing engines in combination with sanitizers; AddressSanitizer and UndefinedBehaviorSanitizer are the default supported sanitizers described in the setup guide.google.github.io · read 30 Sep 2026
- Testing approach
- It combines modern fuzzing techniques with scalable, distributed execution to improve open-source software security and stability.google.github.io · read 30 Sep 2026