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Trivy (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):

• Container Image
• Filesystem
• Git Repository (remote)
• Virtual Machine Image
• Kubernetes

Scanners (what Trivy can find there):

• OS packages and software dependencies in use (SBOM)
• Known vulnerabilities (CVEs)
• IaC issues and misconfigurations
• Sensitive information and secrets
• Software licenses

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 for feature highlights, or to the Documentation site for detailed information.

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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:

• brew install trivy
• docker run aquasec/trivy
• Download binary from https://github.com/aquasecurity/trivy/releases/latest/
• See Installation for more

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:

• GitHub Actions
• Kubernetes operator
• VS Code plugin
• See Ecosystem for more

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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.

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trivy <target> [--scanners <scanner1,scanner2>] <subject>

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

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

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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 https://aquasec.com website for more information about our products and services.
If you'd like to contact Aqua or request a demo, please use this form: https://www.aquasec.com/demo

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

Please ensure to abide by our Code of Conduct during all interactions.

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Docs

Welcome to the Trivy documentation!
Here you can find complete and thorough information about every aspect of Trivy, how to use it, features available, and configuration options.

👈 Please use the left side navigation browse the different topics.