dive
MIT Docker/OCI image layer explorer
DevOps / Infrastructure · OSS/MIT · 54.6k
Reviewed 2026-09-10 · last push 2025-12-15 · repo checked 2026-10-19
What's Good
MIT. wagoodman/dive. Analyze image tags/ids/digests or `dive build` straight from a Dockerfile context. Shows per-layer file trees, efficiency estimates, and discoverable bloat. Runnable as a local binary or via `docker run` mounting the Docker socket.
The Catch
Vs Trivy/Grype (vuln scanners) and Syft (SBOM generator, not yet a twin page here): dive is *size/layer forensics*, not CVEs or SBOMs. Needs Docker/OCI image access. CI integration is DIY compared to scanner SaaS.
Verdict
MIT image layer explorer. Free forever; run it before you blame the registry for your Dockerfile.
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