Clair
Identify known vulnerabilities in container images
- Also known as
- clair
Available worldwide
What is Clair?
An open-source tool for identifying security vulnerabilities in container images. Teams can integrate Clair's API to automatically compare their container images against known vulnerability databases.
Clair pricing
We don't have Clair's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.
What Clair does
The capabilities that matter for container security, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Deployment model
- Self hosted CLI
- Image registry vulnerability scanning
- ✓
- Ci cd pipeline build blocking
- -
- Ebpf runtime syscall monitoring
- -
- Container drift prevention blocking
- -
- Kubernetes kspm security posture
- -
- Infrastructure as code iac scanning
- -
- Serverless lambda fargate support
- -
- Network microsegmentation
- -
- Compliance PCI SOC2 reporting
- -
- SOC2 type ii
- -
- ISO 27001
- -
- Pricing model
- -
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- Self-hosted
Integrations (4)
Independently observed- Kubernetes
- Container registries
- GitHub
- Docker
Security & compliance
Known vulnerabilities: 0 (0 in the last 12 months) sourcea count reflects scale & disclosure, not quality
Clair FAQ
Common questions about Clair, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Clair?
An open-source tool that analyzes container images to identify known security vulnerabilities, enabling organizations to understand and manage the security posture of their containerized infrastructure. It is indexed under Container Security.
Source: https://github.com/pricing
Is Clair free to use?
Clair is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the Apache-2.0 licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://github.com/pricing
What platforms does Clair support?
Clair supports Linux and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.
Source: https://github.com/pricing
Can Clair be self-hosted?
Yes. Clair can be deployed self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.
Source: https://github.com/pricing
What does Clair integrate with?
We have confirmed 3 integrations for Clair, including Kubernetes, Container registries and GitHub. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.
Source: https://github.com/pricing
Is Clair open source?
Yes. Clair is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.
Source: https://github.com/quay/clair
Clair alternatives
Other container security we track, ranked by the same independent score.
The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Clair, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Release cadence | 72 | 0.05 | 3.7 | ✓ |
| Development activity | 22 | 0.09 | 2.1 | ✓ |
| Security score | 51 | 0.04 | 2.1 | ✓ |
| Stars | 76 | 0.03 | 2.0 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 29 | 0.06 | 1.8 | ✓ |
| Dependent projects | 20 | 0.06 | 1.2 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 14 | 0.06 | 0.9 | ✓ |
| Security posture | 0 | 0.21 | 0.0 | - |
| Package downloads | 0 | 0.14 | 0.0 | - |
| Developer Q&A activity | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Activity
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Commits last 30d | 4 | mediumsource · 2026-10-13 · 65% |
Adoption
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 6 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 66% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Deployment model: self_hosted_cli · Image registry vulnerability scanning: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-10-13 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 2 | mediumsource · 2026-10-13 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | Go | highsource · 2026-10-13 · 90% |
License
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Spdx | Apache-2.0 | highsource · 2026-10-13 · 95% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-08-18 · 75% |
Pricing
Release
Security
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Scorecard | 5.1 | highsource · 2026-10-13 · 90% |
| Vulnerabilities | Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fquay%2Fclair%2Fconfig&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 | highsource · 2026-10-13 · 90% |
| Trust center | https://github.com/security | mediumsource · 2026-10-13 · 60% |
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