Lynis
Lynis - Security auditing tool for Linux, macOS, and UNIX-based systems. Assists with compliance testing (HIPAA/ISO27001/PCI DSS) and system hardening. Agentless, and installation optional.
Moderate-confidence page: useful public signals are present, but some evidence sources may be missing or stale.
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- Activity
- Recent commits, releases, changelog, package, and product-motion signals.
- Reliability
- Maintenance posture from recency, release evidence, availability, and repo signals.
- Adoption
- Public footprint from GitHub stars, forks, and watchers when available.
- Sustainability
- Longer-term posture combining health, activity, adoption, confidence, and decay risk.
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What ToolVitals knows about Lynis
Lynis - Security auditing tool for Linux, macOS, and UNIX-based systems. Assists with compliance testing (HIPAA/ISO27001/PCI DSS) and system hardening. Agentless, and installation optional.
This tool has an OSI-approved open-source license signal.
The tool is still alive, but signs of slower momentum are visible.
GitHub Activity
- Primary Language
- Shell
- Last Commit
- 32 days ago
- Releases 90d
- 0
- Default Branch
- master
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Repository Status
- Active repository
Signal Quality
ConfidenceModerate confidence with some missing public signals.
Zombie RiskNo meaningful zombie signal right now.
License Evidence
- Class
- OSI-approved OSS
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Pricing Scope
- No hosted pricing tracked
This tool has an OSI-approved open-source license signal.
Tracked Sources
Classification
- Category
- Security
- Use Case
- Security Scanning
- Openness
- OSI-approved OSS
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Pricing Scope
- No hosted pricing tracked
- Tool Mode
- Source-visible project
- Score Model
- Open Source Maintenance
- Score Visibility
- Scored Intelligence
- Status
- Warning
Pricing Evidence
- Scope
- No hosted pricing tracked
- Free Tier
- Not detected
- Currency
- USD
- Tracked Plans
- 0
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