install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install bom

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#bom

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/bo/bom/package.nix · source: api.github.com

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%

sudo zypper install bom

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · bom · source: download.opensuse.org

Windows

Scoopverified · 92%

scoop install main/bom

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/bom.json · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Utility to generate SPDX-compliant Bill of Materials manifests

Project links

Commands and aliases

bom

history

Project history and usage

bom is the Kubernetes SIGs SBOM multitool for creating, viewing, and transforming Software Bills of Materials, especially SPDX documents.

Project history

The official README says bom was created as part of the effort to create an SBOM for the Kubernetes project. It later became a general-purpose CLI that can generate SPDX packages from directories, container images, single files, archives, and other sources.

The project is associated with the Linux Foundation's Automating Compliance Tooling Technical Advisory Council, placing it in the supply-chain compliance tooling ecosystem rather than only in Kubernetes internals.

Adoption history

bom's adoption follows the post-SolarWinds supply-chain tooling wave: SBOMs became expected release artifacts, and Kubernetes needed tooling that could fit CI, container images, Go dependency analysis, SPDX output, and in-toto provenance workflows. The input package facts list Homebrew, Nix, Scoop, and zypper packaging.

How it is used

Common usage is `bom generate` against a directory, file list, archive, or image, then `bom document` to inspect or query the resulting SPDX document. The README also documents license classification, `.gitignore` support, Go dependency analysis, and provenance export.

Why package nerds care

bom is package-nerd significant because it is tooling about packages themselves: it turns source trees, images, and dependencies into machine-readable supply-chain metadata. It sits where package management, compliance, SPDX, Kubernetes release engineering, and container provenance meet.

Timeline

2021: bom appears in Kubernetes SIG tooling around the Kubernetes SBOM effort.
2020s: bom grows into a general-purpose SPDX SBOM generator for files, directories, archives, container images, and Go dependencies.
2020s: The project is incubated under the Linux Foundation Automating Compliance Tooling TAC.

Related projects

Related projects include Kubernetes, SPDX, in-toto, Syft, CycloneDX tooling, cosign, and other software supply-chain inventory tools.

Sources

https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/bom#readme
https://kubernetes-sigs.github.io/bom
input.source_facts.package-manager

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`bom`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08

manager version0.7.1

manager updated

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv0.7.1

https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/bom

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:bom
Version	0.7.1
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/bom
Homepage	https://kubernetes-sigs.github.io/bom/
Repository	https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/bom
Upstream docs	https://kubernetes-sigs.github.io/bom
License	Apache-2.0
Source archive	https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/bom/archive/refs/tags/v0.7.1.tar.gz
Build dependencies	go
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	bom
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

bom

nix profile install nixpkgs#bom

normalized package name match
Matched by: Bom

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/bo/bom/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

zypper95%

bom 1.0.1-1.15

Deals with Unicode byte order marks

https://github.com/archiecobbs/bom

sudo zypper install bom

License: Apache-2.0
Category: Productivity/File utilities
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: bom
1 dependencies
1 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Bom

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: bom from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

Scoop95%

main/bom

scoop install main/bom

normalized package name match
Matched by: Bom

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/bom.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/bom.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

Install bom with Homebrew, Nix, scoop, zypper