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govulncheck vs Trivy: catalog facts
govulncheck	Trivy
Free Free and open source under the BSD-3-Clause license.	Free The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting, hardware and…
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Reachability analysis cuts down on irrelevant vulnerability reports Scans either source code or compiled binaries	Supports containers, filesystems and configuration checks.
Only covers Go code Queries the online Go vulnerability database by default	Findings depend on scanner coverage and current vulnerability data.
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: BSD-3-Clause	License: Apache-2.0
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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