grype CLI reference

ModularPipelines.Grype provides strongly typed access to the grype CLI.

Executable prerequisite

This package does not install the grype executable. Install it separately and ensure grype is available on PATH.

Follow the executable's official documentation for installation instructions.

Package installation

dotnet add package ModularPipelines.Grype

Resolve the service with context.Tools.Grype. Projects using C# 13 or another .NET language can use context.Tools.Get<ModularPipelines.Grype.Services.IGrype>() instead.

Module example

Resolve the service in a module, then select a command from the table below. A runnable example is omitted when no command has complete safety metadata:

var grype = context.Tools.Grype;

Global options

Global options are rendered before the selected subcommand.

CLI option	Property	Availability	Description
--config	Config	All editions	grype configuration file(s) to use
--profile	Profile	All editions	configuration profiles to use
--quiet	Quiet	All editions	suppress all logging output
--verbose	Verbose	All editions	increase verbosity (-v = info, -vv = debug)

Commands

CLI command	Options record
grype db	GrypeDbOptions
grype db check	GrypeDbCheckOptions
grype db delete	GrypeDbDeleteOptions
grype db diff	GrypeDbDiffOptions
grype db import	GrypeDbImportOptions
grype db list	GrypeDbListOptions
grype db providers	GrypeDbProvidersOptions
grype db search	GrypeDbSearchOptions
grype db search vuln	GrypeDbSearchVulnOptions
grype db status	GrypeDbStatusOptions
grype db update	GrypeDbUpdateOptions
grype explain	GrypeExplainOptions
grype version	GrypeVersionOptions