Host-based intrusion detection system comparison

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Comparison of host-based intrusion detection system components and systems.

Free and open-source software

As per the Unix philosophy a good HIDS is composed of multiple packages each focusing on a specific aspect.

Package Last Update Debian Official Repositories AlmaLinux Official Repositories openSUSE Official Repositories File Network Logs Config Notes
OSSEC 2025 No[1] No[2] Yes[3] Yes Yes Yes Yes
Wazuh 2025[4] No No ? Yes Yes Yes Yes
Samhain 2023 Yes[5] No Yes[6] Yes No Partial[7]
Snort 2025[8] Yes[9] No[10] No No Yes No
chkrootkit 2023 Yes[11] No Yes Yes No Partial[12]
rkhunter 2018 Yes[13] Yes[14] Yes Yes No No Yes
unhide[15] 2012 Yes[16] Yes[17] Yes No No No proc ps compare
Sguil 2017 No No No No Yes No
Logwatch[18] 2017 Yes[19] Yes[20] Yes No No Yes
Logcheck[21] 2017 Yes[22] Yes[23] Yes No No Yes
Epylog[24] 2014 Yes[25] Yes[26] Yes No No Yes
SWATCH[27] 2015 Yes[28] Yes[29] Yes No No Yes
sagan 2021 Yes[30] No No No No Yes
aide 2025 Yes[31] Yes[32] Yes Yes No No yes uses libs for routines
tripwire 2018 Yes[33] Yes[34] Yes Yes No No
Tiger 2018 Yes[35] No No Yes No No Yes 3/42 modules are Debian specific.

Proprietary software

Package Year[36] Linux Windows File Network Logs Config Notes
Lacework 2018 Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Verisys 2018 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Nessus 2017 Yes Yes Yes
Atomicorp 2019 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Commercially enhanced version of OSSEC
Spartan 2021 No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Websocket API, IP to Country mapping, DynDNS Integration

References

  1. ↑ "Downloads OSSEC". OSSEC. https://ossec.github.io/downloads.html#apt-automated-installation-on-ubuntu-and-debian. Retrieved 2017-10-19.  OSSEC for Debian Based systems
  2. ↑ "Downloads OSSEC". OSSEC. https://ossec.github.io/downloads.html#rhel-centos-fedora-and-others. Retrieved 2017-10-29.  OSSEC for RHEL/Fedora Based systems
  3. ↑ "ossec-hids". openSUSE OBS. https://software.opensuse.org/package/ossec-hids. Retrieved 2024-08-11.  An Open Source Host-based Intrusion Detection System
  4. ↑ "Wazuh documentation Release notes". https://documentation.wazuh.com/current/release-notes/index.html. Retrieved 2025-07-16. 
  5. ↑ "Samhain". Ubuntu. http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=samhain. Retrieved 2017-04-19.  Samhain in the Ubuntu Repositories
  6. ↑ "Samhain". openSUSE OBS. https://software.opensuse.org/package/samhain?search_term=Samhain. Retrieved 2024-08-11.  File integrity and host-based IDS
  7. ↑ Last
  8. ↑ "snort3/snort3 Releases". https://github.com/snort3/snort3/releases. Retrieved 2025-07-16. 
  9. ↑ "Snort". Ubuntu. http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=snort. Retrieved 2017-04-19.  Snort in the Ubuntu Repositories
  10. ↑ "Snort". Cisco Systems. https://pkgs.org/download/snort. Retrieved 2017-05-31.  Snort in the CentOS Repositories
  11. ↑ "ChkRootkit". Ubuntu. http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=chkrootkit. Retrieved 2017-04-19.  ChkRootkit in the Ubuntu Repositories
  12. ↑ lastlog, wtmp, utmp, wtmpx
  13. ↑ "RKHunter". Ubuntu. http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=rkhunter. Retrieved 2017-04-19.  RKHunter in the Ubuntu Repositories
  14. ↑ "RKHunter". Ubuntu. https://pkgs.org/download/rkhunter. Retrieved 2017-04-19.  RKHunter in the CentOS Repositories
  15. ↑ "unhide". debian. https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=unhide. Retrieved 2017-04-17. unhide is notable because it's part of Debian and Fedora
  16. ↑ "UnHide". Ubuntu. http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=unhide. Retrieved 2017-04-19.  UnHide in the Ubuntu Repositories
  17. ↑ "UnHide". Ubuntu. https://pkgs.org/download/unhide. Retrieved 2017-04-19.  UnHide in the CentOS Repositories
  18. ↑ "Logwatch". debian. https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=logwatch. Retrieved 2017-04-17.  Logwatch is notable because it's part of Debian and Fedora
  19. ↑ "LogWatch". Ubuntu. http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=logwatch. Retrieved 2017-04-19.  LogWatch in the Ubuntu Repositories
  20. ↑ "LogWatch". Ubuntu. https://pkgs.org/download/logwatch. Retrieved 2017-04-19.  LogWatch in the CentOS Repositories
  21. ↑ "Logcheck". debian. https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=logcheck. Retrieved 2017-04-17.  Logcheck is notable because it's part of Debian and Fedora
  22. ↑ "Logcheck". Ubuntu. http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=logcheck. Retrieved 2017-04-19.  Logcheck in the Ubuntu Repositories
  23. ↑ "Logcheck". Ubuntu. https://pkgs.org/download/logcheck. Retrieved 2017-04-19.  Logcheck in the CentOS Repositories
  24. ↑ "Epylog". debian. https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=epylog. Retrieved 2017-04-17.  Epylog is notable because it's part of Debian and Fedora
  25. ↑ "Epylog". Ubuntu. http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=epylog. Retrieved 2017-04-19.  Epylog in the Ubuntu Repositories
  26. ↑ "Epylog". Ubuntu. https://pkgs.org/download/epylog. Retrieved 2017-04-19.  Epylog in the CentOS Repositories
  27. ↑ "SWATCH". debian. https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=swatch. Retrieved 2017-04-17.  SWATCH is notable because it's part of Debian and Fedora
  28. ↑ "SWATCH". Ubuntu. http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=swatch. Retrieved 2017-04-19.  SWATCH in the Ubuntu Repositories
  29. ↑ "SWATCH". Ubuntu. https://pkgs.org/download/swatch. Retrieved 2017-04-19.  SWATCH in the CentOS Repositories
  30. ↑ "Sagan". Ubuntu. http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=sagan. Retrieved 2017-04-19.  Sagan in the Ubuntu Repositories
  31. ↑ "AIDE". Ubuntu. http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=aide. Retrieved 2017-04-19.  AIDE in the Ubuntu Repositories
  32. ↑ "AIDE". Ubuntu. https://pkgs.org/download/aide. Retrieved 2017-04-19.  AIDE in the CentOS Repositories
  33. ↑ "Tripwire". Ubuntu. http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=tripwire. Retrieved 2017-04-19.  Tripwire in the Ubuntu Repositories
  34. ↑ "Tripwire". Ubuntu. https://pkgs.org/download/tripwire. Retrieved 2017-04-19.  Tripwire in the CentOS Repositories
  35. ↑ "Tripwire". Ubuntu. http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=tiger. Retrieved 2017-04-19.  Tripwire in the Ubuntu Repositories
  36. ↑ Last updated



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