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CISOfy/lynis

Rank not captured·Top 100·All-time stars·◐Cached ranking snapshot·Updated Aug 15, 2026

Lynis - Security auditing tool for Linux, macOS, and UNIX-based systems. Assists with compliance testing (HIPAA/ISO27001/PCI DSS) and system hardening. Agentless, and installation optional.

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First read

Promising movement, but the picture is still partial

CISOfy/lynis is active enough to inspect further, but the surrounding proof is thinner. Use the source repository and nearby comparisons to decide whether this is rising substance or just short-term visibility.

Visible

16.2K public stars in the current GitStar snapshot.

Needs a narrower context read

Active

Last commit Aug 5, 2026.

Fresh activity

Adopted

Treat stars as discovery context until a linked package appears.

No linked package mapping

Confidence

One or more key signals are partial, so GitStar keeps the interpretation conservative.

Partial snapshot

Snapshot facts

  • 16.2K stars
  • 1.6K forks
  • Last commit Aug 5, 2026
  • Package usage not mapped yet

Compare lens

nuver-labs/vps-audit and trimstray/test-your-sysadmin-skills are the closest comparison targets GitStar found. A side-by-side comparison usually tells you more than a single raw rank.

Signal trail

Trajectory

Read the recent motion first. This block is for deciding whether the repository still looks alive, compounding, or flattening before you trust stars alone.

Daily momentum
Recent momentum is not captured
Weekly momentum
Recent momentum is not captured
Monthly momentum
Recent momentum is not captured
Last commit
Aug 5, 2026

Package reality

No linked npm or PyPI package is mapped for this repository yet, so the page leans more heavily on GitHub-visible popularity and should be read more conservatively.

No linked package signal is expected for this project type, so the read leans more heavily on repository-level public signals.

Hype vs Reality
Insufficient Package Data
Package mapping
No linked package yet
Cross-links
Standalone repo read

Validation note

GitStar can summarize public signals for CISOfy/lynis, but the GitHub repository is still the primary place to confirm release cadence, issue activity, and maintainer intent.

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🛡️ Editorial Context

GitStar surfaces public popularity and package signals. These rankings are not endorsements, security reviews, or investment advice.

Why this rank

This repository stands out because it combines fresh update.

Fresh update
📈 Momentum & Adoption Signals
Approximate star trajectory

Reconstructed from current stars and cached daily/weekly/monthly deltas.

Now: 16.2K
30d ago7d ago1d agoNow
Daily momentum
No signal
Weekly momentum
No signal
Monthly momentum
No signal
Signal mix (log-scaled for readability)
Current stars16.2K
🧭 Hype vs Reality
Insufficient Package Data

GitStar can see repository momentum, but it does not have a reliable linked package signal yet.

Treat stars and recent movement as discovery context only until npm or PyPI usage is available.

Status
Insufficient Package Data
Package footprint
No linked npm or PyPI usage signal
Method note
This label appears when GitStar cannot find strong enough package telemetry to compare attention against adoption. Compare it against other Shell repos before treating stars as a moat.
📐 Read the Hype vs Reality heuristic
Related alternative

nuver-labs/vps-audit

Shares the devops category footprint with CISOfy/lynis, so the comparison is closer to a same-problem decision than a same-language coincidence.

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Related alternative

trimstray/test-your-sysadmin-skills

Shares the devops category footprint with CISOfy/lynis, so the comparison is closer to a same-problem decision than a same-language coincidence.

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Related alternative

kubescape/kubescape

Shares the devops category footprint with CISOfy/lynis, so the comparison is closer to a same-problem decision than a same-language coincidence.

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Related alternative

bunkerity/bunkerweb

Shares the devops category footprint with CISOfy/lynis, so the comparison is closer to a same-problem decision than a same-language coincidence.

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Research links

Cross-links

Compare against related repos

GitStar picked vps-audit + test-your-sysadmin-skills as the closest next comparison from the related repository set.

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Wider nearby ecosystem

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Shell
2.5K stars
nuver-labs/vps-audit

lightweight, dependency-free bash script for security, performance auditing and infrastructure monitoring of Linux servers.

Unknown
11.8K stars
trimstray/test-your-sysadmin-skills

A collection of Linux Sysadmin Test Questions and Answers. Test your knowledge and skills in different fields with these Q/A.

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kubescape/kubescape

Kubescape is an open-source Kubernetes security platform for your IDE, CI/CD pipelines, and clusters. It includes risk analysis, security, compliance, and misconfiguration scanning, saving Kubernetes users and administrators precious time, effort, and resources.

Python
10.8K stars
bunkerity/bunkerweb

🛡️ Open-source and cloud-native Web Application Firewall (WAF)

Unknown
238.4K stars
trimstray/the-book-of-secret-knowledge

A collection of inspiring lists, manuals, cheatsheets, blogs, hacks, one-liners, cli/web tools and more.

Go
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getsops/sops

Simple and flexible tool for managing secrets

Next step after the validation read

Move into a compare preset, organization view, or the heuristic notes once this first fold tells you whether the repo looks visible, active, adopted, and credible enough to keep researching.
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About This Page

This page provides a quick overview of CISOfy/lynis based on GitStar's cached data. The signal chart reconstructs approximate checkpoints from current stars plus cached daily, weekly, and monthly star deltas, so it is best read as directional context rather than as a precise historical audit log.

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