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ClamAV
Ranking score 82.3/100
Antivirus scanner for files, mail gateways, and servers.
- Licence
- GPL-2.0
- Platforms
- macos, windows, linux
- Self-hostable
- No
- Repo activity
- Last release August 7, 2026
- GitHub stars
- 7,455
- Last verified
- October 24, 2026
Why this rank
Score breakdown for ClamAV Factor Points Weight Licence opennessGPL-2.0 licence (open); not self-hostable 17.5 25% Repository activityLast activity 3 day(s) before 2026-10-26 25 25% Popularity7455 GitHub stars 16.5 20% Feature coverage4 of 6 curated capability tags covered 13.3 20% Costfree pricing model 10 10% Points add up to the score. Factors without data are left out and the remaining weights are renormalised.
Lynis
Ranking score 73.8/100
Security auditing tool that checks Linux hardening and configuration.
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
- Platforms
- linux
- Self-hostable
- No
- Repo activity
- Last release June 25, 2026
- GitHub stars
- 16,559
- Last verified
- October 24, 2026
Why this rank
Score breakdown for Lynis Factor Points Weight Licence opennessGPL-3.0 licence (open); not self-hostable 17.5 25% Repository activityLast activity 39 day(s) before 2026-10-26 25 25% Popularity16559 GitHub stars 18 20% Feature coverage1 of 6 curated capability tags covered 3.3 20% Costfree pricing model 10 10% Points add up to the score. Factors without data are left out and the remaining weights are renormalised.
YARA
Ranking score 72.9/100
Rule-based scanner for identifying and classifying malware samples.
- Licence
- BSD-3-Clause
- Platforms
- macos, windows, linux
- Self-hostable
- No
- Repo activity
- Last release July 28, 2026
- GitHub stars
- 9,971
- Last verified
- October 24, 2026
Why this rank
Score breakdown for YARA Factor Points Weight Licence opennessBSD-3-Clause licence (open); not self-hostable 17.5 25% Repository activityLast activity 5 day(s) before 2026-10-26 25 25% Popularity9971 GitHub stars 17 20% Feature coverage1 of 6 curated capability tags covered 3.3 20% Costfree pricing model 10 10% Points add up to the score. Factors without data are left out and the remaining weights are renormalised.