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  • In the Tutorials section you can find step-by-step guides that help you accomplish specific tasks.
  • In the Docs section you can find the complete reference documentation for all of the different features and settings that Trivy has to offer.
  • In the Ecosystem section you can find how Trivy works together with other tools and applications that you might already use.
  • In the Contributing section you can find technical developer documentation and contribution guidelines.

About Trivy

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
  • AWS

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.

Quick Start

Get Trivy

Trivy is available in most common distribution channels. The complete 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 options examples:

General usage

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

Examples:

trivy image python:3.4-alpine
Result
Demo: Vulnerability Detection
trivy fs --scanners vuln,secret,misconfig myproject/
Result
Demo: Misconfiguration Detection
trivy k8s --report summary cluster
Result
Demo: Secret Detection

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 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


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