kics
The premium Open Source alternative to Snyk IaC
🎯 Best for:Security-conscious developers shifting security left in the CI/CD pipeline.
What is kics?
Replaces proprietary IaC scanners with an extensible static analysis engine. It detects over 2,000 security misconfigurations in Terraform, Kubernetes, and Docker templates.
Tech Stack
Open Policy AgentTesting & QA
Why kics?
- • Extensive library of security queries
- • Supports multiple IaC languages
- • Fast execution in local environments
Limitations
- • High false-positive rate initially
- • Complex custom query syntax (Rego)
- • Large binary size
3/3/2026
Last Update
361
Forks
269
Issues
Apache-2.0
License
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Competitor Cost
-$1,440
/ year (est. based on Snyk IaC)
Self-Hosted
$0
/ year
Team Size10 Users
150+
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