Top 8 Open-Source Alternatives to ClamAV

The top open-source alternatives to ClamAV are Ossec, Suricata, and osquery. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.

Ossec Landing Page
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Ossec

OSSEC is an Open Source Host-based Intrusion Detection System.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Security & Privacy #Cyber Security #Monitoring Tools 1 social mentions
Suricata Landing Page
2

Suricata

Suricata is a high performance Network IDS, IPS and Network Security Monitoring engine.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Security & Privacy #Cyber Security #Tool 12 social mentions
osquery Landing Page
3

osquery

Utilities, Application Utilities, and Desktop Querying Tools
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Security & Privacy #Monitoring Tools #Cyber Security 18 social mentions
Brave Landing Page
4

Brave

Fast and secure, ad and tracker blocking browser.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Web Browsers #Web Development Tools #Web Tools 577 social mentions
Wazuh Landing Page
5

Wazuh

Open Source Host and Endpoint Security
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Security & Privacy #Security Information And Event Management (SIEM) #Cyber Security 49 social mentions
uBlock Origin Landing Page
6

uBlock Origin

Popular and efficient blocker for Chromium, Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera, Safari, Thunderbird.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Security & Privacy #Ad Blockers #Threat Detection And Prevention 3 social mentions
pfSense Landing Page
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pfSense

pfSense is a free and open source firewall and router that also features unified threat management, load balancing, multi WAN, and more
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Perimeter Security And Firewalls #Cyber Security #Network Security 10 social mentions
Lynis Landing Page
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Lynis

Security auditing tool for systems running Linux, macOS, BSD, and other UNIX-based systems.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Security #Monitoring Tools #Cyber Security 26 social mentions