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Checkov vs OSV-Scanner
The same facts for both, read from GitHub every night, and the relation a person reviewed.
| Fact | Checkov | OSV-Scanner |
|---|---|---|
| Language | Python | Go |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Stars | 9.1k | 11k |
| Latest | 3.3.23 | v2.6.0 |
| Last push | 2026-10-06 | 2026-10-05 |
| Release cadence | about 6 days between releases | about 35 days between releases |
| Active contributors | not counted | 19 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days |
| Flags | none | none |
How they relate
Both replace Snyk. Alternatives to Snyk →
PartialCheckovOnly the infrastructure as code checks, for Terraform, CloudFormation, Kubernetes and more.
PartialOSV-ScannerDependency and container image scanning against OSV.dev, with guided remediation for npm and Maven.
Checkov
- 3.3.232026-10-05sca: apply --skip-path regex and hidden-dir filtering to sca_package - #7712
- 3.3.212026-09-30terraform_json: handle HCL JSON array and single-dict block formats in parser - #7707
- 3.3.202026-09-27terraform_plan: skip resources being removed from state ('forget' action) - #7676
- 3.3.192026-09-17terraform: add CKV_AWS_394 for unconstrained aws_availability_zones data source - #7658
- 3.3.172026-09-10general: honour scope.provider for platform-downloaded custom po… - #7677
OSV-Scanner
- v2.6.02026-09-14Feature #2888 Publish multi-arch (linux/arm64) image for osv-scanner-action.
- v2.5.12026-08-17Preserve package namespaces when querying osv.dev API (fixes #2978).
- v2.5.02026-08-07Full OSV-Scalibr pipeline: Migrated scanning, filtering, and matching in osv-scanner to use osv-scalibr end-to-end, so…
- v2.4.02026-06-18Feature #2815 Add support for the CycloneDX 1.7 specification (bumps cyclonedx-go to v0.11.0).
- v2.3.82026-05-08Fix installation issues with go install due to dependency conflicts (downgrade containerd/cgroups/v3, moby/buildkit and…
Checkov
unsigned The latest release, 3.3.23, carries no signature GitHub could verify.
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OSV-Scanner
✓ signed The latest release, v2.6.0, carries a signature GitHub verified.
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