Tool comparison of Lynis VS Tiger

Finding the right tool for the job can be difficult task. This sheet compares Lynis, and Tiger.

Tool comparison of Lynis, and Tiger
LynisTiger
Description

Lynis is a security auditing tool for systems running Linux, macOS, or Unix. It can be used for security assessments and configuration audits.

Tiger a security audit and intrusion detection tool for flavors of Unix

Dependencies
Strenghts
  • The source code is easy to read and understand
  • More than 100 contributors
  • More than 8000 GitHub stars
  • Tool is easy to use
  • Available as package (simplified installation)
  • Commercial support available
  • Used language is shell script
  • Very low number of dependencies
  • Project is mature (10+ years)
  • The source code of this software is available
  • Used language is shell script
  • Project is mature (10+ years)
  • The source code of this software is available
Weaknesses
  • No updates for a while
Programming language(s)

Shell script

Shell script

Last release

3.1.2 (2024-09-26)

3.2.3 (2010-03-03)

Tool page (last updated)

2024-09-28

2021-05-08

Tool score

100

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