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ProjectDiscovery vs dockle
ProjectDiscovery has 31,319 GitHub stars, 3,877 forks, 107 open issues and last shipped 2 days ago. dockle has 3,295 stars, 167 forks, 53 open issues and last shipped 1 months ago. ProjectDiscovery leads on adoption by 851% (31,319 vs 3,295 stars). ProjectDiscovery is written in Go under MIT; dockle is written in Go under Apache-2.0. ProjectDiscovery has attracted 12% as many forks as stars, dockle 5%. ProjectDiscovery was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (security), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| ProjectDiscovery | dockle | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 31K | ★ 3.3K |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Written in | Go | Go |
| Last push | 2026-09-18 | 2026-08-10 |
| Forks | ⑂ 3.9K | ⑂ 167 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick ProjectDiscovery if
- You weight community size — 31K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick dockle if
- You want the dockle feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You evaluated both and dockle fits your workflow better
About ProjectDiscovery
Nuclei is a high performance, open source vulnerability scanner built by ProjectDiscovery, part of the ProjectDiscovery ecosystem. It operates as a CLI tool using a simple YAML based DSL to define custom vulnerability checks, enabling precise, real world exploitation simulation to eliminate false positives.
read the full ProjectDiscovery overview →
About dockle
Dockle is an open source container image linter written in Go that audits already built Docker images against security and best practice checkpoints, aimed at developers and DevSecOps teams who ship containers and want that audit to run automatically.
read the full dockle overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is ProjectDiscovery or dockle more popular?
ProjectDiscovery has 31,319 GitHub stars and dockle has 3,295. ProjectDiscovery has the larger community by that measure.
Are ProjectDiscovery and dockle free?
Both are open source. ProjectDiscovery is licensed under MIT and dockle under Apache-2.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between ProjectDiscovery and dockle?
ProjectDiscovery is written in Go and dockle in Go. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, ProjectDiscovery or dockle?
Choose ProjectDiscovery if you want the larger community (31,319 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose dockle if its feature set, stack or Apache-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.