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Open‑source scanner for container images, IaC, and code secrets
Mature enough to put in production this quarter.
Who it's for
Teams of 2‑20 engineers who need quick vulnerability checks without buying a SaaS scanner
What it replaces
Manual security reviews and paid tools like Snyk or Aqua scanning
The catch
Requires regular DB updates, can generate false positives, and lacks commercial support if you hit edge cases
Your first hour
Install Trivy locally, run it on a recent Docker image, and review the output for false positives
The numbers
Stars37,682
Forks637
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Open issues258
LanguageGo
LicenceApache-2.0
Last pushUpdated today
Project age7 years old
Maintainers describe it as: “Find vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, secrets, SBOM in containers, Kubernetes, code repositories, clouds and more”
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trivy, in short
- Should a small team use trivy?
- Adopt now. Mature enough to put in production this quarter. Teams of 2‑20 engineers who need quick vulnerability checks without buying a SaaS scanner
- What does trivy actually do?
- Open‑source scanner for container images, IaC, and code secrets
- What does trivy replace?
- Manual security reviews and paid tools like Snyk or Aqua scanning
- What is the downside of trivy?
- Requires regular DB updates, can generate false positives, and lacks commercial support if you hit edge cases
- Can trivy be used in a commercial product?
- Its licence is Apache-2.0, which is permissive and generally fine for commercial use. Confirm against the LICENSE file in the repository.