
Dockle
Security and best-practice issues in container images can be checked with Dockle.

About Dockle
Dockle is an open source container image linter that checks Docker images for security issues and practice checkpoints, including CIS Benchmarks. It can scan a named image or an image file, save results as JSON or SARIF, and adjust scans with exit codes, exit levels, and ignored checkpoints.
Key features
- Scan container image by specifying image name
- Scan saved image file
- Save results as JSON or SARIF
- Set exit code and exit level for scans
- Ignore selected checkpoints
- Accept or reject specified environment variables and files
- Includes CIS Benchmarks in checkpoints
- Runs as a binary with no dependency listed in comparison
- Described for use with several CI systems
Dockle at a glance
- Category
- Privacy & Security › Security Tools
- Type
- Open-source project
- Pricing
- Not confirmed. Check the site
- Open source
- Yes · Source code
- Language
- English
- Last checked
- Oct 5, 2026 · Online when checked
- Listed
- Oct 5, 2026
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