Ask HN: Open-source SBOM generation tools?

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  • dependency-track

    Dependency-Track is an intelligent Component Analysis platform that allows organizations to identify and reduce risk in the software supply chain.

  • gobom

    An extensible CycloneDX BOM generator and Dependency-Track API client written in Go

  • We weren't happy with what was already out there, so we built our own -- https://github.com/mattermost/gobom

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  • syft

    CLI tool and library for generating a Software Bill of Materials from container images and filesystems

  • Currently the best one I know of is https://github.com/anchore/syft. It finds most dependencies even within built artifacts.

    You can also check out the comments in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32104805 - the release announcement of Salus (Microsoft)

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