SBOM Generation Tools

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tool: apko
generation: yes
transformation: yes
cyclonedx: yes
spdx: yes

apko

apko provides SBOM support by producing SBOM documents for OCI images.

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tool: CycloneDX Tool Center
generation: yes
cyclonedx: yes

CycloneDX Tool Center

Generates CycloneDX format SBOMs. Full list of tools can be found in the CycloneDX Tool Center.

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tool: Docker SBOM
generation: yes
cyclonedx: yes

Docker SBOM

Generates SBOMs for Docker images with the currently experimental docker sbom command. Based on Syft. For more detail, please visit the Docker SBOM Documentation.

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tool: FatBOM
generation: yes
transformation: yes
spdx: yes

FatBOM

FatBOM generates SBOMs via Syft, Salus, SPDX SBOM Generator and K8s BOM and composes them into a single SPDX SBOM in JSON format. Full details can be found in the FatBOM GitHub repository.

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tool: KubeClarity
generation: yes
consumption: yes
vulnerabilty_scanning: yes
cyclonedx: yes
spdx: yes

KubeClarity

KubeClarity uses Syft and Cyclonedx-gomod (CycloneDX Tool Center) to generate SBOMs and offers SBOM scanning.

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tool: K8s BOM
generation: yes
consumption: yes
spdx: yes

K8s BOM

K8s BOM generates SBOMs from files, images, and docker archives and supports pulling images from remote registries. The SBOM data can be exported to an in-toto provenance attestation. For SBOM scanning details, please see the K8s BOM consumption tools section.

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tool: OSS Review Toolkit
generation: yes
consumption: yes
vulnerabilty_scanning: yes
licensing: yes
cyclonedx: yes
spdx: yes

OSS Review Toolkit

The OSS Review Toolkit’s Reporter generates SBOMs in CycloneDX or SPDX format.

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tool: Pkgconf bomtool
generation: yes
spdx: yes

Pkgconf bomtool

Bomtool is a feature of pkgconf and can be used for generating SBOMs for C/C++ packages under Alpine. Usage: `bash $ bomtool <package_name> ` where package name should be linked in pkgconf.

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tool: Salus
generation: yes
spdx: yes

Salus

Salus is an Open Source SBOM generation tool implemented by Microsoft. It allows build-time generation from source and packages, as well as CI/CD pipelines integration via GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps Pipelines.

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tool: SBOM Operator
generation: yes
consumption: yes
vulnerabilty_scanning: yes
cyclonedx: yes
spdx: yes

SBOM Operator

SBOM Operator uses Syft to generate SBOMs from each image deployed in a Kubernetes cluster. Relies on go-containeregistry for downloading images. Allows analysis.

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tool: ScanCode
generation: yes
consumption: yes
cyclonedx: yes
spdx: yes

ScanCode

ScanCode is an OSS tool from AboutCode that generates SBOMs for containers, system packages, and many language packages. Supports both SPDX and CycloneDX. It’s embedded in ORT, Tern, FOSSology, Fosslight, Barista, Philips software license-scanner, and others. It provides a ScanCode.io (CLI, web UI and REST API) to read and write SPDX and CycloneDX.

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tool: SPDX SBOM Generator
generation: yes
spdx: yes

SPDX SBOM Generator

The SPDX SBOM Generator generates SBOMs from source code. The supported package managers can be found the the tool Overview.

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tool: Syft
generation: yes
cyclonedx: yes
spdx: yes

Syft

Syft generates SBOMs from container images and file systems. It provides both a CLI tool and a Go library. Supported ecosystems are available in the tool documentation.

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tool: Syft
generation: yes
cyclonedx: yes
spdx: yes

Tern

Tern is a software package inspection tool that generates SBOMs for container images and Dockerfiles. Supports both SPDX and CycloneDX, SWID.