Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/aquasecurity/trivy/vs/google/gvisor
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/aquasecurity/trivy/vs/google/gvisor.md
Description: trivy and gvisor share 4 technologies: net/http, Redis, containerd, and github.com/sirupsen/logrus. Both are written in Go.

# trivy vs gvisor

trivy and gvisor share 4 technologies: net/http, Redis, containerd, and github.com/sirupsen/logrus. Both are written in Go.

- [aquasecurity/trivy](https://seerepo.com/r/aquasecurity/trivy): Find vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, secrets, SBOM in containers, Kubernetes, code repositories, clouds and more
- [google/gvisor](https://seerepo.com/r/google/gvisor): Application Kernel for Containers

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: net/http, Redis, containerd, github.com/sirupsen/logrus
- Only in trivy: go-redis, s3, etcd, SQLite, github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/v2, GitHub, github.com/twitchtv/twirp, github.com/cheggaaa/pb/v3, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity, github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5, github.com/google/jsonschema-go, github.com/moby/moby/client, github.com/moby/moby/api, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/ec2, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore
- Only in gvisor: Sinatra, Google, github.com/containerd/console, cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata, puma, github.com/containerd/containerd/v2, github.com/containerd/go-runc, github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22

## Side by side

| | trivy | gvisor |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 283,055 lines written, 955 code files | 814,952 lines written, 1,669 code files |
| Who writes it | 0.4% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and Cursor | 0.3% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code and Gemini CLI |
| Activity | Last push November 6, 2026, 4,283 commits, 39,065 stars | Last push November 5, 2026, 11,902 commits, 19,877 stars |
| Tests | 706 test files. 75.5% of its code files have a test that imports them | 921 test files. 55.1% of its code files have a test that imports them |

- Size: Lines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
- Who writes it: A commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
- Activity: From GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
- Tests: The files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.

## Frequently asked questions

### Which is bigger, trivy or gvisor?

gvisor, with 814,952 lines written; trivy has 283,055.

The proof: [google/gvisor's code at commit da95e9b](https://github.com/google/gvisor/tree/da95e9bce7391557f4cd4102a96ed7f97156f214)

### Which has more GitHub stars, trivy or gvisor?

trivy, with 39,065 stars; gvisor has 19,877.

The proof: [aquasecurity/trivy on GitHub](https://github.com/aquasecurity/trivy)

### Which has more tests, trivy or gvisor?

gvisor, with 921 test files; trivy has 706.

The proof: [google/gvisor's code at commit da95e9b](https://github.com/google/gvisor/tree/da95e9bce7391557f4cd4102a96ed7f97156f214)

### Which was updated more recently, trivy or gvisor?

trivy: its last push was on November 6, 2026, and gvisor's on November 5, 2026.

The proof: [aquasecurity/trivy's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/aquasecurity/trivy/commits)

### Which has more commits signed by AI, trivy or gvisor?

trivy: an AI signed 0.4% of its commits, with Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and Cursor; in gvisor, 0.3%.

## Sources

- aquasecurity/trivy: Read on November 6, 2026, at commit c22582a (https://github.com/aquasecurity/trivy/tree/c22582a1a226379b070041a9e76dcd615c343328)
- google/gvisor: Read on November 5, 2026, at commit da95e9b (https://github.com/google/gvisor/tree/da95e9bce7391557f4cd4102a96ed7f97156f214)

## What is your repo built with?

Any public repo, with no account: https://seerepo.com/r/owner/repo/built, with the owner and name it has on GitHub.