anchore/anchore-engine
A service that analyzes docker images and scans for vulnerabilities observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases archived
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 3283
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1315
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1589 stars · 269 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Anchore Engine is an open-source service that inspects, analyzes, and certifies container images, scanning them against a vulnerability database via a REST API and CLI. It is no longer maintained as of 2023; users are directed to Syft and Grype instead.
Use cases
- scan docker images for known vulnerabilities
- analyze container images from a registry before deployment
- audit npm, pip, gem, jar, and go module dependencies in images
- set up automated container image security checks in CI
- whitelist or gate images based on policy findings
- run a centralized container image inspection service
When to choose
- you need a self-hosted container image analysis service with a REST API
- you are maintaining a legacy deployment already built on Anchore Engine
When to avoid
- starting a new project - use Syft and Grype instead
- you need actively maintained vulnerability scanning or SBOM tooling
- you want a lightweight CLI-only scanner without running a service
Facets
service · maturity abandoned
security vulnerability-scanning container-runtime api-framework cli security developer-tools self-hosted python container-image-analysis docker-image-scanning sbom vulnerability-database deprecated rest-api containers devops docker kubernetes linux
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/anchore/anchore-engine · fetched 2026-08-28 · 2831a2c693cc
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| anchore/anchore-engine | main | 10 |
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