agentskillexchange CycloneDX SBOM Generator
Generates Software Bill of Materials in CycloneDX format using cdxgen and Syft. Scans npm, pip, and Go modules for known CVEs via OSV.dev API integration.
Installation
Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- npm install -g @cyclonedx/cdxgen
- $ brew install cdxgen
- docker run --rm -e CDXGEN_DEBUG_MODE=debug -v /tmp:/tmp -v $(pwd):/app:rw -t ghcr.io/cyclonedx/cdxgen:master -r /app -o /app/bom.json
- docker run --rm -e CDXGEN_DEBUG_MODE=debug -v /tmp:/tmp -v $(pwd):/app:rw -t ghcr.io/cyclonedx/cdxgen-deno:master -r /app -o /app/bom.json
Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- Software-as-a-Service (SaaSBOM) - For Java, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, and PHP projects.
- You can also use the cdxgen container image with node, deno, or bun runtime versions.
- The default version uses Node.js 23
Basic usage or getting-started notes:
| Developers | Generate a CycloneDX BOM from a local repo, git URL, purl, or container image | cdxgen -o bom.json . | [CLI Usage][docs-cli], [Supported Project Types][docs-project-types] |
| AppSec | Enrich BOMs with evidence, run BOM audit rules, and feed downstream security workflows | cdxgen -o bom.json --profile appsec --evidence --bom-audit . | BOM Audit, [Threat Model](doc...
| SOC analysts | Build OBOM inventories for live hosts and triage runtime posture issues | obom -o obom.json --deep --bom-audit --bom-audit-categories obom-runtime | OBOM lessons, [Server U...
Source: https://github.com/cdxgen/cdxgen
Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cdxgen/cdxgen/HEAD/README.md