syft VS kube-hunter

Compare syft vs kube-hunter and see what are their differences.

syft

CLI tool and library for generating a Software Bill of Materials from container images and filesystems (by anchore)

kube-hunter

Hunt for security weaknesses in Kubernetes clusters (by aquasecurity)
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syft kube-hunter
32 10
5,451 4,613
3.9% 1.0%
9.8 4.5
4 days ago about 1 month ago
Go Python
Apache License 2.0 Apache License 2.0
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syft

Posts with mentions or reviews of syft. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-22.

kube-hunter

Posts with mentions or reviews of kube-hunter. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-10-12.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing syft and kube-hunter you can also consider the following projects:

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

kube-bench - Checks whether Kubernetes is deployed according to security best practices as defined in the CIS Kubernetes Benchmark

grype - A vulnerability scanner for container images and filesystems

cdxgen - Creates CycloneDX Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) for your projects from source and container images. Supports many languages and package managers. Integrate in your CI/CD pipeline with automatic submission to Dependency Track server. Slack: https://cyclonedx.slack.com/archives/C04NFFE1962

falco - Cloud Native Runtime Security

clair - Vulnerability Static Analysis for Containers

kubeaudit - kubeaudit helps you audit your Kubernetes clusters against common security controls

kubesec - Security risk analysis for Kubernetes resources

lynis - Lynis - Security auditing tool for Linux, macOS, and UNIX-based systems. Assists with compliance testing (HIPAA/ISO27001/PCI DSS) and system hardening. Agentless, and installation optional.

ThreatMapper - Open source cloud native security observability platform. Linux, K8s, AWS Fargate and more.