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.
Host and network audits
Scan servers, networks and TLS endpoints for missing patches, weak configuration and known vulnerabilities.
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| Tool | Stars | Licence | Terms | Self-hosted | Language | Latest | Last push |
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| Lynis | 16k | GPL-3.0 | Open source | Yes | Shell | 3.1.7 | 2026-09-16 |
| Vuls | 12k | GPL-3.0 | Open source | Yes | Go | v0.41.0 | 2026-10-05 |
| Docker Bench for Security | 9.7k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | Yes | Shell | v1.6.1 | 2026-06-04 |
| testssl.sh | 9.2k | GPL-2.0 | Open source | Yes | Shell | v3.2.4 | 2026-10-05 |
| OpenVAS | 4.9k | GPL-2.0 | Open source | Yes | Rust | v23.50.26 | 2026-10-06 |
| SSLyze | 3.8k | AGPL-3.0 | Open source | Yes | Python | 6.3.1 | 2026-10-04 |
| OpenSCAP | 1.8k | LGPL-2.1 | Open source | Yes | XSLT | 1.4.4 | 2026-10-06 |
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Agent-less vulnerability scanner for Linux, FreeBSD, Container, WordPress, Programming language libraries, Network devices
The Docker Bench for Security is a script that checks for dozens of common best-practices around deploying Docker containers in production.
- Language
- Shell
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Stars
- 9.7k
- Latest
- v1.6.1
- Last push
- 2026-06-04
Testing TLS/SSL encryption anywhere on any port
This repository contains the scanner component for Greenbone Community Edition.
Fast and powerful SSL/TLS scanning library.
NIST Certified SCAP 1.2 toolkit