Syft
Generate software bills of materials from images and code
Syft is an open-source tool from Anchore that generates a software bill of materials (SBOM) from container images and filesystems. It supports many SBOM formats for self-hosted supply chain workflows.
Key features
- SBOM generation
- SPDX and CycloneDX output
- Wide ecosystem support
- Pairs with Grype
Strengths
- Released under the Apache-2.0 license
- Easy to set up — beginner-friendly
- First-class Docker support for quick deployment
- Mature project with 9.4k GitHub stars
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