# greenbone/openvas-scanner

This repository contains the scanner component for Greenbone Community Edition.

Repository: https://github.com/greenbone/openvas-scanner
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/openvas-scanner
Homepage: https://greenbone.github.io/docs/
Language: Rust
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: openvas, vulnerability, vulnerability-scanners, vulnerability-detection, vulnerability-assessment, scanner, vulnerability-management, greenbone, greenbone-vulnerability-management, gvm, openvas-scanner, greenbone-community-edition, foo, c, techops
Last push: 2026-08-26T12:06:51+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 95/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 87, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3145, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 7, "gap_med": 1, "n_releases_24m": 158}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4796, forks 796 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:00.062533+00:00)

## What it is
OpenVAS Scanner is the scan engine of the Greenbone Community Edition, executing a continuously updated feed of vulnerability tests against network targets. It is part of the Greenbone Vulnerability Management stack and is being progressively rewritten in Rust.

## Use cases
- scan my network for known vulnerabilities
- set up an open source vulnerability scanner
- run periodic vulnerability assessments on servers
- build a self-hosted vulnerability management system
- detect outdated software versions across my infrastructure
- integrate a scan engine into Greenbone/GVM

## When to choose
- you want a full-featured, open source vulnerability scanner with a continuously updated test feed
- you are deploying the Greenbone Community Edition or GVM stack
- you need self-hosted scanning via containers or source builds

## When to avoid
- you need a simple one-shot vulnerability check without managing a scanner stack
- you want a cloud-managed scanning service with no infrastructure
- you are not prepared to run a Linux-based scanner component as part of a larger system

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: active
- function: vulnerability-scanning, security
- domain: security, infrastructure-as-code
- platform: self-hosted, rust, c
- tags: openvas, greenbone, vulnerability-management, scan-engine, gvm, nasl, devops, linux, docker

## Member repositories
- greenbone/openvas-scanner (main) score 95

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:00.062533+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 2026-08-29T18:18:39.541553+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/greenbone/openvas-scanner (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:00.062533+00:00, sha a2b03a6676a9)
  - homepage: https://greenbone.github.io/docs/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:01:43.202321+00:00, sha f09e8ec6daf6)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.