# clair mit Homebrew, Nix, zypper installieren

Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für clair in AI-Agent-Workflows.

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:clair
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install clair
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#clair
```

  Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/cl/clair/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install clair
```

  Evidenz: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: clair from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:clair
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Paketmanager-Seite:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/clair>
- **Version:** 4.8.0
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Vulnerability Static Analysis for Containers
- **Homepage:** <https://quay.github.io/clair/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/quay/clair>
- **Upstream-Dokumentation:** <https://quay.github.io/clair/>
- **Lizenz:** Apache-2.0
- **Quellarchiv:** <https://github.com/quay/clair/archive/refs/tags/v4.8.0.tar.gz>
- **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-07-27T22:04:00+02:00
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- clair (cli)
- clair (Alias)

## Build-Abhängigkeiten

- go

## Installationsverhalten

- Post-install-Hook: nicht definiert
- Bottle: verfügbar auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-04
- Manager-Version: 4.8.0
- Manager aktualisiert: 2026-07-27
- lokale Daten: OK
- Upstream-Repository: https://github.com/quay/clair
- neueste erkannte Version: v4.8.0 (aktuell)
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

Clair is Quay's open source service for static analysis of vulnerabilities in application container images, including OCI and Docker images. It is notable in package-manager culture because it made vulnerability metadata, image indexing, and registry-side security scanning part of the ordinary container toolchain.

### Projektgeschichte

The public repository was created in November 2015 and its README describes the project goal as making container-based infrastructure more transparent. Clair later evolved into the v4 architecture documented in the Clair book, with separate indexer, matcher, notifier, and combo operating modes configured by YAML or JSON.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

Clair is distributed as a Homebrew formula and appears in other package sets in the supplied input, while its README also points users to stable GitHub releases and a Quay container image. Its adoption path is tied to container registries and CI systems that need image vulnerability matching against known vulnerability feeds.

### Wie es verwendet wird

Clients use the Clair API to index container images and match indexed contents against vulnerability data. Operators run Clair with a structured configuration file, commonly under /etc/clair, and select a service mode such as indexer, matcher, notifier, or combo.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

Clair matters to package nerds because it connects OS-package and language-package vulnerability databases to container layers. It sits at the point where package manifests, distribution advisories, OCI images, and registry policy meet.

### Zeitleiste

- 2015: Public GitHub repository created and initial public release v0.0.1 published.
- 2016: v1 releases established Clair as a container vulnerability analysis service.
- 2020: Clair v4 line documented a service-oriented architecture with indexer, matcher, and notifier modes.
- 2024: v4.7.0 added documented drop-in configuration file support.
- 2025: v4.9.0 release published.

### Related projects

- Related projects include Quay, OCI image tooling, Docker image tooling, vulnerability databases consumed by Clair matchers, and other image scanners such as Trivy and Grype.

### Quellen

- <https://github.com/quay/clair>
- <https://quay.github.io/clair>
- <https://quay.github.io/clair/reference/config.html>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/quay/clair/releases>


## Sicherheitshinweise

infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal.

- **Geiger-Risiko:** orange / mittel
- infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal


## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Unix: /etc/clair/config.yaml, /etc/clair/config.json
## Details aus der Quelldatenbank

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** clair
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable

## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Nix - clair: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/cl/clair/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- zypper - clair - 4.9.0-1.4: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: clair from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Vulnerability Static Analysis for Containers | https://github.com/quay/clair
- zypper - clairctl - 4.9.0-1.4: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: clairctl from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | CLI for the Clair Vulnerability scanner | https://github.com/quay/clair


## Verwandte Links

- [Cloud CLI packages](https://pkg.so/de/cloud-clis/) - Belongs to a cloud or infrastructure command family.
- [Source-control packages](https://pkg.so/de/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family.
- [Secret-risk packages](https://pkg.so/de/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals.
- [Terminal utility packages](https://pkg.so/de/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [go](https://pkg.so/de/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [syft](https://pkg.so/de/brew/syft/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, containers, security.
- [grype](https://pkg.so/de/brew/grype/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, containers, security.
- [snyk-cli](https://pkg.so/de/brew/snyk-cli/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, container-scanning, security, vulnerability-scanning.
- [dependency-check](https://pkg.so/de/brew/dependency-check/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, security, vulnerability-scanning.
- [copa](https://pkg.so/de/brew/copa/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, containers, security, vulnerability-scanning.
- [govulncheck](https://pkg.so/de/brew/govulncheck/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, security, vulnerability-scanning.
- [kics](https://pkg.so/de/brew/kics/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, security, vulnerability-scanning.
- [cargo-audit](https://pkg.so/de/brew/cargo-audit/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, security, vulnerability-scanning.
- [flawfinder](https://pkg.so/de/brew/flawfinder/) - Security-sensitive metadata or terminology overlaps. Shared terms: analysis, cli, scanning, security, static.
- [scrutineer](https://pkg.so/de/brew/scrutineer/) - Security-sensitive metadata or terminology overlaps. Shared terms: analysis, cli, containers, scanning, security.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/clair.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/clair.yml)


## Quellen

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- package version freshness
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
