tern
The premium Open Source alternative to Snyk
🎯 Best for:Developers needing detailed visibility into container image composition
What is tern?
Replaces proprietary container scanning tools like Snyk. It performs deep inspection of container layers to generate comprehensive SBOMs in SPDX and JSON formats.
Tech Stack
PythonDevOps & CI/CD
Why tern?
- • Deep layer analysis
- • Multiple output formats
- • Python library
Limitations
- • Slow on large images
- • No GUI
- • Limited to Docker/OCI
3/5/2026
Last Update
189
Forks
62
Issues
BSD-2-Clause
License
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Competitor Cost
-$1,440
/ year (est. based on Snyk)
Self-Hosted
$0
/ year
Team Size10 Users
150+
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