> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.meterian.io/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.meterian.io/containerized-scanners/introduction.md).

# Introduction

Unlike the Thin Client which is distributed and can be used as standalone Java JAR, there are a few other scanners which are mainly containerized and require a container engine to be used:

* [Container scanner](/containers-support/container-scanner.md)
* [IAC scanner](/iac-scanner/introduction.md)

These scanners support Docker and other alternative container engines. Please read on to find out more.