# kubescape/kubescape

Kubescape is an open-source Kubernetes security platform for your IDE, CI/CD pipelines, and clusters. It includes risk analysis, security, compliance, and misconfiguration scanning, saving Kubernetes users and administrators precious time, effort, and resources.

Repository: https://github.com/kubescape/kubescape
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/kubescape
Homepage: https://kubescape.io
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: kubernetes, security, nsa, mitre-attack, devops, best-practice, vulnerability-detection
Last push: 2026-08-26T16:05:20+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 98/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 97, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1847, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 21, "gap_med": 11, "n_releases_24m": 44}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 11692, forks 1016 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:49.502359+00:00)

## What it is
Kubescape is an open-source Kubernetes security platform (a CNCF incubating project) offering misconfiguration scanning, vulnerability assessment, compliance checks against frameworks like NSA-CISA, CIS, and MITRE ATT&CK, and runtime threat detection. It runs as a CLI, in CI/CD pipelines, and as an in-cluster operator for continuous monitoring.

## Use cases
- scan kubernetes cluster for misconfigurations
- check cluster compliance against NSA and CIS benchmarks
- find vulnerabilities in kubernetes workloads
- integrate kubernetes security scanning into CI/CD pipeline
- validate network policies and seccomp profiles
- detect runtime threats in kubernetes clusters
- audit helm charts before deployment

## When to choose
- you need a single open-source tool covering kubernetes configuration, vulnerability, and compliance scanning
- you want security checks in IDEs, CI/CD pipelines, and live clusters
- you need to validate clusters against industry frameworks like NSA-CISA, MITRE ATT&CK, or SOC 2
- you want runtime threat detection alongside static posture management

## When to avoid
- you need security scanning for non-Kubernetes environments
- you require a fully managed commercial platform with a single pane of glass (though ARMO offers one built on Kubescape)
- you only need container image scanning without cluster context

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: security, vulnerability-scanning, monitoring, ci-cd, container-orchestration
- domain: security, cloud-computing, developer-tools
- platform: windows, cli, go
- tags: kubernetes-security, compliance, misconfiguration-scanning, cnsa, mitre-attack, cncf, runtime-security, helm, devops, containers, linux, macos, kubernetes, docker

## Member repositories
- kubescape/kubescape (main) score 98

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:49.502359+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 2026-08-29T17:15:23.729187+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/kubescape/kubescape (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:49.502359+00:00, sha 4f88eca173f2)
  - homepage: https://kubescape.io (fetched 2026-08-29T08:13:51.856643+00:00, sha 60d8f44d027f)
  - site_page: https://kubescape.io/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T08:13:51.865700+00:00, sha 9bbda7ec9844)
  - site_page: https://kubescape.io/project/about (fetched 2026-08-29T08:13:51.867818+00:00, sha 47e2405970b2)
  - site_page: https://kubescape.io/docs/getting-started (fetched 2026-08-29T08:13:51.869569+00:00, sha 7dbd7f8c7a2b)
  - site_page: https://kubescape.io/docs/install-cli (fetched 2026-08-29T08:13:51.871290+00:00, sha 151bc3b226e5)
  - site_page: https://kubescape.io/docs/install-operator (fetched 2026-08-29T08:13:51.873050+00:00, sha 1657d5423f34)
  - site_page: https://kubescape.io/docs/scanning (fetched 2026-08-29T08:13:51.874797+00:00, sha 49f9572ceeb4)
  - site_page: https://kubescape.io/docs/accepting-risk (fetched 2026-08-29T08:13:51.876722+00:00, sha bb8990dcc226)
  - site_page: https://kubescape.io/docs/providers (fetched 2026-08-29T08:13:51.878400+00:00, sha 0f7a6b838346)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.