# 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.


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