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title: Install OSV-Scanner on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of OSV-Scanner for Linux - Vulnerability scanner
  for project's dependencies
url: https://snapcraft.io/osv-scanner
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# OSV-Scanner

[George-Andrei Iosif (iosifache)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/iosifache "View all snaps from George-Andrei Iosif (iosifache)")

* [George-Andrei Iosif (iosifache)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/iosifache "View all snaps from George-Andrei Iosif (iosifache)")
* [Development](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=development)
* [Security](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=security)

latest/stable 2.3.8

Install latest/stable of OSV-Scanner

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install osv-scanner
```

Don't have snapd? [Get set up for snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

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### Package name

* osv-scanner

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### License

* GPL-3.0

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### Last updated

* 27 June 2026 - latest/stable
* 23 October 2026 - latest/edge

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### Websites

* [github.com/iosifache/osv-scanner-snap](https://github.com/iosifache/osv-scanner-snap "https://github.com/iosifache/osv-scanner-snap")
* [google.github.io](https://google.github.io/osv-scanner "https://google.github.io/osv-scanner")

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### Contact

* [hi@iosifache.me](mailto:hi@iosifache.me "mailto:hi@iosifache.me")
* [opensource@google.com](mailto:opensource@google.com "mailto:opensource@google.com")

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### Source code

* [github.com/iosifache/osv-scanner-snap](https://github.com/iosifache/osv-scanner-snap "https://github.com/iosifache/osv-scanner-snap")
* [github.com/google/osv-scanner](https://github.com/google/osv-scanner "https://github.com/google/osv-scanner")

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### Report a bug

* [github.com/iosifache/osv-scanner-snap/issues](https://github.com/iosifache/osv-scanner-snap/issues "https://github.com/iosifache/osv-scanner-snap/issues")
* [github.com/google/osv-scanner/issues](https://github.com/google/osv-scanner/issues "https://github.com/google/osv-scanner/issues")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/osv-scanner#report-snap-modal)

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* [Description](https://snapcraft.io/osv-scanner#tab-description)
* [Security](https://snapcraft.io/osv-scanner#tab-security)

#### Vulnerability scanner for project's dependencies

OSV-Scanner is a vulnerability scanner that examines your project's list of dependencies and reports any vulnerabilities that affect the versions you're using.

As of December 2023, it supports lockfiles from C, C++, Dart, Elixir, Go, Java, JavaScript, PHP, Python, R, Ruby, and Rust. It also supports custom lockfiles: simply write some glue code to convert your lockfile into an intermediary JSON file with a particular format, and OSV-Scanner will comprehend the latter.

After confirming that a reported vulnerability is a false positive or discovering mitigations other than upgrading the package, OSV-Scanner provides the option to suppress it so that future runs will not display it.

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## Install OSV-Scanner on your Linux distribution

Choose your Linux distribution to get detailed installation instructions. If yours is not shown, get more details on the [installing snapd documentation](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

[### Arch Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/osv-scanner/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/osv-scanner/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/osv-scanner/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/osv-scanner/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/osv-scanner/fedora)

[### KDE Neon](https://snapcraft.io/install/osv-scanner/kde-neon)

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/osv-scanner/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/osv-scanner/manjaro)

[### Pop!\_OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/osv-scanner/pop)

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/osv-scanner/opensuse)

[### Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/osv-scanner/rhel)

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/osv-scanner/ubuntu)

[### Raspberry Pi](https://snapcraft.io/install/osv-scanner/raspbian)