GravityKit
GravityKit folds every GravityView extension into one Pro plugin.
Comparison · Infra & APIs
Clair vs nfs-ganesha
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Clair and nfs-ganesha — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Shared themes:open-source
Clair vs nfs-ganesha: at a glance
What is Clair?
Clair 4.10 RC can read SBOMs to match Java vulnerabilities.
Clair cut its first 4.10.0 release candidate on November 13, eleven months after 4.9.0. Its Java indexers can now read CycloneDX SBOM files and treat them as the source of truth, and Red Hat's VEX data now covers Maven advisories, so Java packages in Red Hat images can be matched. It also reduces memory use when many packages share a source package.
What is nfs-ganesha?
NFS-Ganesha 15.11 closes a batch of crash and memory-safety bugs a week after 15.10
NFS-Ganesha is a userspace NFS server used with Ceph, GPFS and clustered storage. 15.10 added NFSv4.1 named attributes, Samba-style masks and macOS client handling; 15.11, four days later, is a memory-safety release fixing a use-after-free in open, a heap overflow in the gRPC client manager, several NULL dereferences and cross-client delegation revocation checks.
Clair vs nfs-ganesha: editorial side-by-side
Clair
2.5INFRA · APIS
Clair 4.10 RC can read SBOMs to match Java vulnerabilities.
◆ Current state
Clair cut its first 4.10.0 release candidate on November 13, eleven months after 4.9.0. Its Java indexers can now read CycloneDX SBOM files and treat them as the source of truth, and Red Hat's VEX data now covers Maven advisories, so Java packages in Red Hat images can be matched. It also reduces memory use when many packages share a source package.
◆ Where it's heading
Since 4.8 Clair has moved from Red Hat's older OVAL data to VEX, and each release follows Red Hat's security data more closely. 4.10 adds SBOMs as an input, so Clair can match what an image's own manifest declares, not only what it finds on disk.
◆ Prediction
More 4.10 release candidates and then a final are likely; the long gap between releases suggests that could take weeks.
nfs-ganesha
5.0INFRA · APIS
NFS-Ganesha 15.11 closes a batch of crash and memory-safety bugs a week after 15.10
◆ Current state
NFS-Ganesha is a userspace NFS server used with Ceph, GPFS and clustered storage. 15.10 added NFSv4.1 named attributes, Samba-style masks and macOS client handling; 15.11, four days later, is a memory-safety release fixing a use-after-free in open, a heap overflow in the gRPC client manager, several NULL dereferences and cross-client delegation revocation checks.
◆ Where it's heading
The 15.x line alternates small feature drops with hardening releases on a roughly weekly beat, and the newer gRPC management surface is now drawing its own fixes. The input-validation work that began in 15.8 is extending from XDR parsing into state and export management.
◆ Prediction
Expect 15.12 within one to two weeks, most likely another fix-heavy release with an ntirpc pullup.
Alternatives to Clair and nfs-ganesha
Other Infra & APIs products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either Clair or nfs-ganesha.
Payload CMS
Payload's v4 beta.9 keeps every past image crop and raises the Node floor again.
Nautobot
Nautobot 3.3 alpha 2 adds test helpers and a cable location filter after 3.2.9's token-leak fix.
Shuffle
Shuffle tags builds almost daily, but the notes are empty.
KrakenD
KrakenD's community edition is shipping only dependency bumps.
Velociraptor
Velociraptor's recent releases are mostly about patching CVEs.
See all Clair alternatives → · See all nfs-ganesha alternatives →
Recent activity from Clair and nfs-ganesha
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 13h agoClairClair 4.10 RC reads CycloneDX SBOMs for Java matching
- 7d agonfs-ganeshaNFS-Ganesha 15.11: use-after-free, heap overflow and crash fixes
- 10d agonfs-ganeshaNFS-Ganesha 15.10: named attributes, Samba-style masks, macOS fixes
- 25d agonfs-ganeshaNFS-Ganesha 15.9: 9P removed, session use-after-free fixed
- 1mo agonfs-ganeshaNFS-Ganesha 15.8: XDR input checks and GPFS fixes
- 1mo agonfs-ganeshaNFS-Ganesha 15.7: offset overflow fix and GPFS readdir speedup
- 1mo agonfs-ganeshaNFS-Ganesha 15.6: Ceph ACL inheritance and aligned I/O buffers
- 11mo agoClairClair 4.9 moves CVSS data to NVD's 2.0 feeds
- 2y agoClairClair 4.8 replaces Red Hat OVAL data with VEX
- 2y agoClairClair 4.7.4 changes the default layer download location
- 2y agoClairClair 4.7.3 requires TLS 1.2 or newer
- 3y agoClairClair 4.7.2 drops the retired CRDA source
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Clair and nfs-ganesha?
Both compete on the same themes — open-source — within Infra & APIs. nfs-ganesha is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 5.0 vs 2.5), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is Clair better than nfs-ganesha?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. nfs-ganesha is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 5.0 vs 2.5), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Infra & APIs products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to Clair?
Top Clair alternatives in Infra & APIs are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Clair alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/clair for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to nfs-ganesha?
Top nfs-ganesha alternatives in Infra & APIs are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "nfs-ganesha alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/nfs-ganesha for the full list with editorial commentary on each.