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    google/osv.dev

    Open source vulnerability DB and triage service.

    security
    security-tools
    vulnerability
    vulnerability-databases
    vulnerability-management
    vulnerability-scanners
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    Apache-2.0
    3.0K stars
    391 forks
    3.0K GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 3, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    No releases in the last 90 days; the most recent was 195 days ago, with 111 contributors on GitHub.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Provides an open source vulnerability database and triage service for managing software security issues.
    • Centralizes and standardizes vulnerability data with an API and web interface for easy integration and querying.
    • Use for scanning software dependencies against known vulnerabilities using the OSV API and supported lockfiles.
    • Use for deploying and managing a scalable vulnerability database service on Google Cloud Platform with Terraform.
    • Use for integrating vulnerability data into security tools and workflows via language bindings and API access.

    Should you depend on it?

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    License

    Apache 2.0

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution; includes an explicit patent grant from contributors.

    Community files

    • README: present
    • Contributing guide: present
    • Code of conduct: present

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    From the README

    Comprehensive documentation is available here. API documentation is available here.

    We have data dumps available from a GCS bucket at gs://osv-vulnerabilities. For more information check out our documentation.

    An instance of OSV's web UI is deployed at https://osv.dev.

    Excerpt from the google/osv.dev README on GitHub (Apache-2.0 license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

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    Forks

    391+43

    Open issues

    174-2

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