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Snyk

Snyk CLI scans and monitors your projects for security vulnerabilities.

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Introduction

Snyk CLI scans and monitors your projects for security vulnerabilities.

The latest GitHub release listed on 25 Oct 2026 was v1.1308.3, published 2026-10-23.

Features

These items are quoted from public documentation fetched on 25 Oct 2026. Taken from repository README headings.

  1. Scanning with an AI agent: If you are an AI coding agent, use agent mode: snyk agent test –experimental. It runs Open Source, Code, and Secrets scans in one pass and returns compact, token-efficient output built for agents. This command is experimental and subject to change. Run snyk agent –help for details.
  2. Monitor your Open Source or Container Project: Snyk can monitor your Open Source or Container integrated SCM Project periodically and alert you to new vulnerabilities. To set up your Project to be monitored, run snyk monitor or snyk container monitor.
  3. Running out of tests: Test limits do not apply to public repositories. If you notice that the test limits related to your private repositories (where applicable) are being used by tests on public repositories, you can remedy this by telling Snyk the public URL of the repository that is being scanned by the Snyk CLI. This ensures that Snyk…
  4. Security: For any security issues or concerns, see the SECURITY.md file in the GitHub repository.

Pros

Points stated in the public sources fetched on 25 Oct 2026:

  1. Repository topics: The repository’s GitHub topics include monitor, security, snyk, vulnerabilities.

Cons

The pages fetched on 25 Oct 2026 do not publish a limitations list. That absence is not evidence that the tool has no drawbacks. Current issues are tracked at https://github.com/snyk/snyk/issues.

The repository README includes this example (from “Monitor your Open Source or Container Project”):

> snyk monitor
Monitoring /project (project-name)...

Explore this snapshot at
https://app.snyk.io/org/my-org/project/29361c2c-9005-4692
-8df4-88f1c040fa7c/history/e1c994b3-de5d-482b-9281-eab4236c851e

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Pricing

The fetched page included these lines on 25 Oct 2026. They are quoted, not turned into a plan table:

  1. “Snyk Plans and Pricing | Try for Free or from $25/month | Get a Custom Quote | Snyk”
  2. “Buy now Free plan, plus:”
  3. “Contact Sales”
  4. “1 credit = $1. The pricing unit for all capabilities.”

Confirm them on the pricing page.

The fetched pages do not name a target audience. Decide fit from the official description and the feature list above.

Conclusion

Snyk is summarized by its public description as: “Snyk CLI scans and monitors your projects for security vulnerabilities.”.

The latest GitHub release listed was v1.1308.3, published 2026-10-23.

This page was rebuilt on 25 Oct 2026 from snyk.io, github.com. It keeps only what those pages stated. Confirm the current product, license, and price on the official site before you adopt it.