Shell · GPL-3.0
CISOfy/lynis
Lynis - Security auditing tool for Linux, macOS, and UNIX-based systems. Assists with compliance testing (HIPAA/ISO27001/PCI DSS) and system hardening. Agentless, and installation optional.
★ 16.6k
Stars
1.6k forks · 244 open issues
+7.0/day
Growth · measured
Stars counted between two of our own snapshots roughly a week apart. The repository page gives the exact span.
40.7
Momentum / 100
see the breakdown below
12y ago
Created
last push 52d ago
Star history
How this score was built
| Component | Weight | Earned | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Velocity | 55 | 17.3 | +7.0/day, log-scaled against a 750/day ceiling |
| Acceleration | 15 | 0.3 | last week ran 1.02× the monthly pace |
| Freshness | 15 | 10.9 | last push 52d ago; decays to zero at 180 days |
| Scale | 15 | 12.2 | 16.6k stars, log-scaled against 150k — stops a 3-star repo topping the board |
| Momentum | 100 | 40.7 | sum of the above |
Detail
| Topics | auditingcompliancedevopsdevops-toolsgdprhardeninghipaalinuxpci-dsssecurity-auditsecurity-hardeningsecurity-scannersecurity-toolssecurity-vulnerabilityshellsystem-hardeningunixvulnerability-assessmentvulnerability-detectionvulnerability-scanners |
| Matched on | Dev Tools (devops) Security (security-tools) |
| Short window | +49 stars over 7 days = 7.0/day |
| Long window | +178 stars over 26 days = 6.8/day |
| Lifetime average | 3.53 stars/day over 4,713 days |
| First seen here | 2026-10-11 |
| Last read | 2d ago |