Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/aquasecurity/trivy/vs/siderolabs/talos
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/aquasecurity/trivy/vs/siderolabs/talos.md
Description: trivy and talos share 9 technologies: net/http, etcd, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity, github.com/moby/moby/client, github.com/moby/moby/api, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config, containerd, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore, and github.com/sirupsen/logrus. Both are written in Go.

# trivy vs talos

trivy and talos share 9 technologies: net/http, etcd, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity, github.com/moby/moby/client, github.com/moby/moby/api, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config, containerd, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore, 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
- [siderolabs/talos](https://seerepo.com/r/siderolabs/talos): Talos Linux is a modern Linux distribution built for Kubernetes.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: net/http, etcd, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity, github.com/moby/moby/client, github.com/moby/moby/api, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config, containerd, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore, github.com/sirupsen/logrus
- Only in trivy: go-redis, s3, Redis, 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/golang-jwt/jwt/v5, github.com/google/jsonschema-go, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/ec2
- Only in talos: k8s.io/apiserver, github.com/rivo/tview, github.com/gdamore/tcell/v2, golang.org/x/oauth2, go.uber.org/zap, github.com/digitalocean/go-libvirt, k8s.io/kubelet, github.com/containernetworking/cni, cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/feature/ec2/imds, github.com/containernetworking/plugins, github.com/u-root/u-root, go.uber.org/zap/exp, k8s.io/klog/v2, k8s.io/kube-proxy

## Side by side

| | trivy | talos |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 283,055 lines written, 955 code files | 582,559 lines written, 2,108 code files |
| Who writes it | 0.4% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and Cursor | 0.1% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code |
| Activity | Last push November 6, 2026, 4,283 commits, 39,065 stars | Last push November 12, 2026, 7,232 commits, 11,517 stars |
| Tests | 706 test files. 75.5% of its code files have a test that imports them | 1,075 test files. 74.7% 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 talos?

talos, with 582,559 lines written; trivy has 283,055.

The proof: [siderolabs/talos's code at commit 790ef2e](https://github.com/siderolabs/talos/tree/790ef2ed4c157f8194f57cea4273c7255b3a8819)

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

trivy, with 39,065 stars; talos has 11,517.

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

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

talos, with 1,075 test files; trivy has 706.

The proof: [siderolabs/talos's code at commit 790ef2e](https://github.com/siderolabs/talos/tree/790ef2ed4c157f8194f57cea4273c7255b3a8819)

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

talos: its last push was on November 12, 2026, and trivy's on November 6, 2026.

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

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

trivy: an AI signed 0.4% of its commits, with Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and Cursor; in talos, 0.1%.

## Sources

- aquasecurity/trivy: Read on November 6, 2026, at commit c22582a (https://github.com/aquasecurity/trivy/tree/c22582a1a226379b070041a9e76dcd615c343328)
- siderolabs/talos: Read on November 12, 2026, at commit 790ef2e (https://github.com/siderolabs/talos/tree/790ef2ed4c157f8194f57cea4273c7255b3a8819)

## 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.