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checkov

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Prevent cloud misconfigurations and find vulnerabilities during build-time in infrastructure as code, container images and open source packages.

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CategorySecurity
PricingFree, open source
Self-hostableYes
Repositorybridgecrewio/checkov
LicenseApache-2.0
LanguagePython
Last activityOct 2026Active

Repository

From GitHub · updated Oct 4
Stars9.1k
Forks1.4k
Open issues187
Last pushOct 2026

Related reading

Book · FreeBuilding Secure & Reliable Systems ↗Heather Adkins, Betsy Beyer, Paul Blankinship et al. · O'Reilly · 2020Conference · FreeAll Day DevOps ↗OnlineConference · PaidDevOpsConnect ↗

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