Generate SPDX SBOM with open-source tools

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You can use several different open-source tools to generate your SBOM in SPDX format. We support SPDX 2.2 and 2.3 with JSON format.

SPDX Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) generator

• spdx-sbom-generator tool enables generation of SPDX SBOMs with current package managers. It automatically determines which package managers or build systems are actually being used by your software components.

• Works with Linux, Mac, and Windows.

• Comes with a Dockerfile for you to maintain your own image.

• has CLI (command-line interface) to generate SBOMs info, including components, licenses, copyrights, and security references of your software supply chain using SPDX v2.2 spec and aligning with NTIA known minimum elements.

Yocto on Linux

Refer to Generate SBOM with Yocto on Linux.

Kubernetes SBOM tool

• bom is a utility to create, view, and transform your Software Bills of Materials (SBOMs). It can generate SPDX packages from directories, container images, single files, and other sources. It also has a built-in license classifier that recognizes over 400 licenses in the SPDX catalog.

• Supports Golang dependency analysis and full .gitignore support when scanning git repositories.

Multi-Language (Microsoft and Syft SBOM tools)

• Microsoft's SBOM generation tool (microsoft.sbom.tool) apparently can detect NPM, NuGet, PyPI, CocoaPods, Maven, Golang, Rust Crates, RubyGems, Linux packages within containers, Gradle, Ivy, GitHub public repos, and more. It uses Component Detection to generate your SBOM.

• Generate your SBOM using Syft's CLI tool and Go library.