Contributing syft grype grant grype-db vunnel stereoscope

Contributing

Guidelines for developing & contributing to Anchore Open Source projects

Welcome! We appreciate all contributions to Anchore’s open source projects. Whether you’re fixing a bug, adding a feature, or improving documentation, your help makes these tools better for everyone.

Getting Help

The Anchore open source community is here to help. Use Discourse for questions, discussions, and troubleshooting. Use GitHub for reporting bugs, requesting features, and submitting code contributions. See Issues vs Discussions for guidance on which channel to use.

For security vulnerabilities, email security@anchore.com - do not create public issues. See our Security Policy for details.


Issues and Discussions

When to use GitHub Issues versus Discourse Discussions

Syft

Developer guidelines when contributing to Syft

Grype

Developer guidelines when contributing to Grype

Pull Requests

Guidelines for submitting pull requests and working with reviewers

Grype DB

Developer guidelines when contributing to Grype DB

Vunnel

Developer guidelines when contributing to Vunnel

Grant

Developer guidelines when contributing to Grant

Sign-off Commits

How to sign-off commits with the Developer’s Certificate of Origin

SBOM Action

Developer guidelines when contributing to sbom-action

Security Policy

How to report security vulnerabilities in Anchore OSS projects

Code of Conduct

Community standards and guidelines for respectful collaboration

Scan Action

Developer guidelines when contributing to scan-action

Docs (this site!)

Style guide for writing Anchore OSS documentation

Last modified November 26, 2025: allow local too invocation (d20d613)