aquasecurity/trivy

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Find vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, secrets, SBOM in containers, Kubernetes, code repositories, clouds and more

About aquasecurity/trivy

aquasecurity/trivy is an open-source project on GitHub, mainly written in Go. Find vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, secrets, SBOM in containers, Kubernetes, code repositories, clouds and more It currently holds 38,195 stars and 724 forks with 254 open issues, and was last pushed on 2026-10-02 (repository created 2019-04-11).

Project Overview

Git Homed tracks it on the Today's Trending board, currently at rank #98 with 24 new stars today.

GitHub Repository Details

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README

[![GitHub Release][release-img]][release] [![Test][test-img]][test] [![Go Report Card][go-report-img]][go-report] [![License: Apache-2.0][license-img]][license] [![GitHub Downloads][github-downloads-img]][release] ![Docker Pulls][docker-pulls]

[📖 Documentation][docs]

Trivy ([pronunciation][pronunciation]) is a comprehensive and versatile security scanner. Trivy has scanners that look for security issues, and targets where it can find those issues.

Targets (what Trivy can scan):

Scanners (what Trivy can find there): Trivy supports most popular programming languages, operating systems, and platforms. For a complete list, see the [Scanning Coverage] page.

To learn more, go to the [Trivy homepage][homepage] for feature highlights, or to the [Documentation site][docs] for detailed information.

Quick Start

Get Trivy

Trivy is available in most common distribution channels. The full list of installation options is available in the [Installation] page. Here are a few popular examples:

Trivy is integrated with many popular platforms and applications. The complete list of integrations is available in the [Ecosystem] page. Here are a few popular examples:

Canary builds

There are canary builds (Docker Hub, GitHub, ECR images and binaries) generated with every push to the main branch.

Please be aware: canary builds might have critical bugs, so they are not recommended for use in production.

General usage

trivy  [--scanners ] 

Examples:

trivy image python:3.4-alpine
Result

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/af1c11e7-d9c5-48af-8e05-cb34dfd6352a

trivy fs --scanners vuln,secret,misconfig myproject/
Result

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/6b3894b7-77c5-4ffc-ac94-ffe6648a30dc

trivy k8s --report summary cluster
Result k8s summary

FAQ

How to pronounce the name "Trivy"?

tri is pronounced like trigger, vy is pronounced like envy.

Want more? Check out Aqua

If you liked Trivy, you will love Aqua which builds on top of Trivy to provide even more enhanced capabilities for a complete security management offering. You can find a high level comparison table specific to Trivy users here. In addition check out the website for more information about our products and services. If you'd like to contact Aqua or request a demo, please use this form:

Community

Trivy is an [Aqua Security][aquasec] open source project. Learn about our open source work and portfolio [here][oss]. Contact us about any matter by opening a GitHub Discussion [here][discussions]

Please ensure to abide by our [Code of Conduct][code-of-conduct] during all interactions.

[test]: https://github.com/aquasecurity/trivy/actions/workflows/test.yaml [test-img]: https://github.com/aquasecurity/trivy/actions/workflows/test.yaml/badge.svg [go-report]: https://goreportcard.com/report/github.com/aquasecurity/trivy [go-report-img]: https://goreportcard.com/badge/github.com/aquasecurity/trivy [release]: https://github.com/aquasecurity/trivy/releases [release-img]: https://img.shields.io/github/release/aquasecurity/trivy.svg?logo=github [github-downloads-img]: https://img.shields.io/github/downloads/aquasecurity/trivy/total?logo=github [docker-pulls]: https://img.shields.io/docker/pulls/aquasec/trivy?logo=docker&label=docker%20pulls%20%2F%20trivy [license]: https://github.com/aquasecurity/trivy/blob/main/LICENSE [license-img]: https://img.shields.io/badge/License-Apache%202.0-blue.svg [homepage]: https://trivy.dev [docs]: https://trivy.dev/docs/latest/ [pronunciation]: #how-to-pronounce-the-name-trivy [code-of-conduct]: https://github.com/aquasecurity/community/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md

[Installation]:https://trivy.dev/docs/latest/getting-started/installation/ [Ecosystem]: https://trivy.dev/docs/latest/ecosystem/ [Scanning Coverage]: https://trivy.dev/docs/latest/coverage/

[alpine]: https://ariadne.space/2021/06/08/the-vulnerability-remediation-lifecycle-of-alpine-containers/ [rego]: https://www.openpolicyagent.org/docs/latest/#rego [sigstore]: https://www.sigstore.dev/

[aquasec]: https://aquasec.com [oss]: https://www.aquasec.com/products/open-source-projects/ [discussions]: https://github.com/aquasecurity/trivy/discussions

GitHub Stars & Activity

38,195Stars
724Forks
254Open issues
GoLanguage

GitHub Popularity

GitHub stars38,195
Forks724
Open issues254
Primary languageGo
LicenseApache-2.0
Stars gained today24
Created2019-04-11
Last pushed2026-10-02

Trending History

Daily boardrank #98 · ▲ 24 stars

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