Comparisons
Keelix vs the alternatives
Every comparison page here leads with the same honest answer: run both. Keelix is not a replacement for the tools you already use — it fills the gap they leave. Container image scanners, host auditors, and MCP-server inspectors each work on a narrow surface. Keelix is the only tool that grades the live deployed box — host config, internet exposure, and the AI agents and MCP servers running on it — and rolls it into a single 0–100 posture score you can gate CI on.
Pick the comparison that matches the tool you're already using, or read them all to understand where each scanner's coverage ends and Keelix's begins.
All comparisons
- Keelix vs Trivy →Trivy finds CVEs in images; Keelix scans the live box — host config, internet exposure, and AI/MCP posture — into one score. Run both.
- Keelix vs Snyk →Snyk is developer-first SaaS for code, deps, IaC, and containers. Keelix folds MCP/agent grading into a whole-box score for deployed self-hosted servers — local and free.
- Keelix vs Lynis →Lynis is a host-only Linux auditor that emits a prose report. Keelix is the superset: host + containers + exposure + AI/MCP as a 0–100 score with compliance evidence.
- Keelix vs Cisco MCP Scanner →Cisco MCP Scanner inspects MCP servers and tools in isolation. Keelix grades live agents on the deployed box inside a whole-box score with CIS/SOC 2 evidence.
- Keelix vs Docker Scout →Docker Scout is image-scoped and tied to a Docker account. Keelix is local-first and whole-box — it never phones home, and it covers the AI agents Scout can't see.
- Keelix vs Grype →Grype is a fast, accurate CVE matcher (EPSS/KEV). Keelix adds 93 config and exposure checks plus AI/MCP grading. Different tools, different questions — beyond CVEs.
See for yourself.
Free, local-first, Apache-2.0. One scan covers every surface the others leave open.
operator@host — keelix
# install — free & open source (Apache-2.0)
$ curl -fsSL https://keelix.dev/install.sh | sh
$ keelix scan