ClamAV
by ClamAV · Open-source antivirus engine for mail gateway scanning
29.7 — BenchRank score out of 100
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Overview
ClamAV is an open-source antivirus engine for detecting trojans, viruses, malware and other malicious threats, described on its site as a standard for mail gateway scanning. It provides a multi-threaded scanner daemon, command-line utilities for on-demand file scanning, and automatic signature updates. It supports multiple file formats and signature languages, plus file and archive unpacking.
- Best for
- Teams that need an open-source malware scanning engine on mail gateways and file servers.
- Pricing
- No prices are shown on the captured page; the software is presented as open-source and available to download.
- Runs on
- macOSWindowsLinux
Strengths and trade-offs
Strengths
- Open-source; source code available from GitHub
- Multi-threaded scanner daemon plus on-demand CLI tools
- Automatic signature updates
- Handles multiple file formats and archive unpacking
Trade-offs
- An engine and CLI only; no GUI or hosted service is described
- Self-hosted: you install, run and maintain it yourself
- Page shows no pricing, support or SLA information
How this score is made up
Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.
- MCP support
- 0 out of 100
- API quality
- 0 out of 100
- Documentation
- 30 out of 100
- Agent friendliness
- 45 out of 100
- Customer sentiment
- 80 out of 100
- Changelog
- 80 out of 100
- Marketing site structure
- 30 out of 100
- Operational trust
- 0 out of 100
Measured, but not part of the score
Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.
- Openness
- 65 out of 100
- Maintenance
- 100 out of 100
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