# Cisco-Talos/clamav

ClamAV - Documentation is here: https://docs.clamav.net

Repository: https://github.com/Cisco-Talos/clamav
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/clamav
Homepage: https://www.clamav.net/
Language: C
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: clamav, gplv2, antivirus, open-source
Last push: 2026-08-24T16:24:55+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 98/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 96, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5157, "days_push": 9, "days_rel": 26, "gap_med": 0, "n_releases_24m": 16}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 7176, forks 911 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:56.404867+00:00)

## What it is
ClamAV is an open-source antivirus engine and toolkit for detecting trojans, viruses, malware, and other malicious threats. It includes a multi-threaded scanning daemon, command-line scanner, on-access scanning on Linux, and automatic signature database updates.

## Use cases
- scan files for viruses and malware from the command line
- add malware scanning to a mail gateway
- scan email attachments for viruses
- run on-access file scanning on a Linux server
- integrate antivirus scanning into an application via a daemon
- scan archives and documents for malicious content

## When to choose
- you need an open-source, self-hosted malware scanner for servers or mail gateways
- you want command-line or daemon-based file scanning with regularly updated signatures
- you need to scan archives, executables, and document formats for threats

## When to avoid
- you need a full modern endpoint security suite with real-time protection on desktops
- you need advanced EDR features like behavioral detection or ransomware rollback
- you require commercial vendor support and managed threat intelligence

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: security, cli, http-server, email
- domain: security, developer-tools, self-hosted
- platform: windows, cross-platform, cli
- tags: antivirus, malware-detection, virus-scanning, mail-gateway, signature-database, on-access-scanning, linux, macos, docker

## Member repositories
- Cisco-Talos/clamav (main) score 98

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:56.404867+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:39:56.167708+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Cisco-Talos/clamav (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:56.404867+00:00, sha 92ff3c5ca6b9)
  - homepage: https://www.clamav.net/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:35:09.385185+00:00, sha e4078b9e24f9)
  - site_page: https://docs.clamav.net (fetched 2026-08-29T08:35:09.394301+00:00, sha a94c75815738)
  - site_page: https://www.clamav.net/about (fetched 2026-08-29T08:35:09.396473+00:00, sha 7b8404bf2eac)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.