augustus

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LLM security testing framework for detecting prompt injection, jailbreaks, and adversarial attacks — 190+ probes, 28 providers, single Go binary

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  • .goreleaser.yaml
  • .graphifyignore
  • AGENTS.md
  • CHANGELOG.md
  • CLAUDE.md
  • CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
  • CONTRIBUTING.md
  • FOLLOWUPS.md
  • go.mod
  • go.sum
  • LICENSE
  • Makefile
  • README.md
  • SECURITY.md

# Installation Guide

1. Get the code
git clone https://github.com/praetorian-inc/augustus

Downloads the entire project code from GitHub to your computer.

cd augustus

Moves into the project folder you just downloaded.

2. Official Install Script

Easy Recommended
Prerequisites
  • Go Go is required to use go install.
go install github.com/praetorian-inc/augustus/cmd/augustus@latest

Downloads and installs the specified version directly — no need to clone the repo yourself.

After installing, open a new terminal and run the program's version command (e.g. --version) to confirm it worked.

Pulled directly from this repo's README.

3. Python

Easy
Prerequisites
  • Git Needed to download the project code from GitHub.
  • Python 3 On Windows, be sure to check 'Add Python to PATH' during installation.
--buff poetry.MetaPrompt \

Type this command into your terminal and run it.

If it runs without errors and prints output in the terminal, it worked.

Pulled directly from this repo's README.

4. Go

Medium
Prerequisites
  • Git Needed to download the project code from GitHub.
  • Go The Go compiler and toolchain.
go install github.com/praetorian-inc/augustus/cmd/augustus@latest

Downloads and installs the specified version directly — no need to clone the repo yourself.

If the build finishes without errors, it worked. If you used go run ., check the terminal output.

Pulled directly from this repo's README.

5. Make

Medium
Prerequisites
  • Git Needed to download the project code from GitHub.
  • Make Usually pre-installed on Linux/macOS. On Windows, install separately (e.g. via MSYS2 or WSL).
make build

Compiles the code based on the generated build configuration to produce an executable.

make test

Compiles the code based on the generated build configuration to produce an executable.

make install

Compiles the code based on the generated build configuration to produce an executable.

make devpod-up-cpu

Compiles the code based on the generated build configuration to produce an executable.

make devpod-up-gpu

Compiles the code based on the generated build configuration to produce an executable.

If it finishes without errors, it worked. Try running the generated executable directly.

Pulled directly from this repo's README.

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