Vendor Profile

Trivy

Trivy is an open-source, comprehensive vulnerability scanner developed by Aqua Security that covers container images, file systems, Git repositories, Kubernetes clusters, and infrastructure-as-code configurations. Trivy stands out for its simplicity, speed, and breadth of scanning targets, requiring zero configuration to get started. It has become a widely adopted open-source scanner for container images in CI/CD pipelines and is widely adopted in Kubernetes-native environments for runtime vulnerability assessment.

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Founded
2019
Pricing
Free (open source) / Aqua Platform for enterprise features
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Deployment
Open SourceSelf-Hosted
Open Source Security Scanner

Key Features

+Container image vulnerability scanning
+File system and Git repository scanning
+Infrastructure-as-code misconfiguration detection
+Kubernetes cluster scanning
+SBOM generation and scanning
+Secret detection in code and configurations
+License scanning for open-source dependencies
+Integration with CI/CD platforms and container registries

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • +Completely free and open source with no licensing costs
  • +Zero-configuration setup with a single binary installation
  • +Extremely fast scanning suitable for every CI/CD pipeline run
  • +Broadest scanning target coverage of any open-source scanner
  • +De facto standard for container image scanning in Kubernetes environments

Cons

  • No web dashboard or centralized management in open-source version
  • Vulnerability database updates rely on community and Aqua research
  • Lacks automated fix PR generation and remediation workflow
  • No dedicated SAST engine for deep code-level vulnerability analysis
  • Enterprise features require paid Aqua Platform subscription

Best For

DevOps and platform engineering teams that need a fast, open-source vulnerability scanner for containers and Kubernetes environments with zero configuration overhead

Community & Practitioner Evidence

Open Source Activity

GitHub
Stars
24.5k
Forks
2.4k
Contributors
650
Open Issues
450
Last Push
Feb 2026

Community Sources

Q&A Threads
  • Trivy questions on Stack Overflow[Stack Overflow]

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Sources & References

  1. Trivy — Official Website & Documentation[Vendor]
  2. Trivy Reviews on G2[User Reviews]
  3. Trivy Reviews on TrustRadius[User Reviews]
  4. Trivy Reviews on PeerSpot[User Reviews]
  5. aquasecurity/trivy — GitHub Repository[Open Source Project]
  6. Trivy questions on Stack Overflow[Technical Q&A]

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