Snyk is a developer-first security tool that performs vulnerability scanning for dependencies in various programming languages and platforms. It integrates with the development workflow to detect, prioritize, and fix vulnerabilities in open-source dependencies and containers. Snyk also provides license compliance and security policy enforcement features.
Vulnerability Scanning
Scans the project's dependencies for known vulnerabilities. This command is run in the terminal within the project's directory.
snyk testMonitoring Project
Takes a snapshot of the current state of the project's dependencies and monitors them for newly disclosed vulnerabilities over time. This command is also run in the terminal within the project's directory.
snyk monitorFixing Vulnerabilities
Guides the user through the process of fixing detected vulnerabilities interactively. This command is executed in the terminal and may offer upgrade or patch options for the issues found.
snyk wizardContainer Vulnerability Management
Scans container images for vulnerabilities. Replace <image_name> with the name of the container image you want to test.
snyk container test <image_name>Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Analysis
Analyzes Infrastructure as Code files to find security issues and misconfigurations. This command is used in the terminal where the IaC files are located.
snyk iac testBuilt into the npm CLI, npm-audit provides a similar vulnerability scanning feature for npm packages. It automatically reviews the project's dependencies for known security issues but is limited to the npm ecosystem and does not offer the same breadth of language and platform support as Snyk.
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snyk library and cli utility
The npm package snyk receives a total of 372,536 weekly downloads. As such, snyk popularity was classified as popular.
We found that snyk demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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