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Trivy vs Grype
Pick Trivy if you want one CLI for images, repos, misconfig, and secrets (the published Snyk stack). Pick Grype if you want Anchore's image and filesystem scanner.
Facts checked 19 Oct 2026. License, language, and GitHub activity come from the catalog or the project's own repo. "Not in the catalog row" means the public catalog dump does not store that number.
Trivy in the catalog Grype in the catalogStart on Railway
How they compare
| Trivy | Grype | |
|---|---|---|
| License | Apache License 2.0 (catalog) source | Apache License 2.0 (catalog) source |
| Language | Go (catalog) | Go (catalog) |
| GitHub activity | 38,513 stars in the catalog source | 13,048 stars in the catalog source |
| Self-host | CLI in CI. Images, repos, misconfig, secrets. | CLI in CI. Container images and filesystems. |
| Best for | One scanner for several targets. | Anchore's image/filesystem scanner. |
Self-hosting and resource needs
Both are CI jobs on /stacks/trivy-scan, not hosted SaaS. Trivy is aquasecurity/trivy. Grype is anchore/grype. Neither replaces Snyk fix-PRs. Code quality stays on /replace/sonarcloud. Neither has a one-click c17 Railway template; the scanner runs in the pipeline.
FAQ
- Can I run both?
- Yes. Start with one CI step. Two scanners on day one is noise.
- Is this SonarCloud?
- No. SonarCloud is code quality — /replace/sonarcloud and /compare is not this pair.
- Are these free?
- Both catalog rows are Apache License 2.0. You pay CI minutes.
- How do I deploy Trivy?
- Open /stacks/trivy-scan. Add a CI step that scans the image you already build.
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