install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install chain-bench

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#chain-bench

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ch/chain-bench/package.nix · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Software supply chain auditing tool based on CIS benchmark

Project links

Commands and aliases

chain-bench

history

Project history and usage

Chain-bench is Aqua Security's open-source CLI for auditing software supply-chain posture against the CIS Software Supply Chain Security Guide. Its history is bound to the 2022 CIS/Aqua push to make supply-chain controls measurable across source code, build pipelines, dependencies, artifacts, and deployment.

Project history

Aqua announced Chain-bench on June 22, 2022 alongside the CIS Software Supply Chain Security Guide, describing it as an open-source auditing tool for the new CIS guidelines. The official README says Chain-bench scans the software delivery lifecycle from code time through deploy time and implements CIS Software Supply Chain Benchmark checks.

Adoption history

The official README documents installation through Homebrew, Nix, Docker, GitHub releases, and GitHub Actions, with GitLab CI support described as beta. Aqua's July 2022 blog also listed GitHub Action, Docker image, executable releases, and NixOS package routes, showing the project was designed to be consumed both locally and in CI.

How it is used

Users provide a repository URL and an SCM access token, then run chain-bench scan to collect organization, repository, branch protection, member, and pipeline settings and report pass/fail results for CIS controls. The README documents GitHub and GitLab SCM support, personal access token requirements, Docker usage, and CI integration.

Why package nerds care

Chain-bench is interesting to package maintainers because it packages a compliance benchmark as a CLI, Docker image, GitHub Action, and distro package instead of only as a SaaS feature. That makes it part of the post-SolarWinds/log4j supply-chain tooling wave where checklists became runnable developer tools.

Timeline

2022: Aqua and CIS released the Software Supply Chain Security Guide and Aqua unveiled Chain-bench.
2022: Aqua published a getting-started blog for auditing CIS compliance with Chain-bench.
2026: The README documents Brew, Nix, Docker, release binaries, GitHub Actions, and beta GitLab CI usage.

Related projects

Chain-bench is related to the CIS Software Supply Chain Security Guide, Aqua Vulnerability Database compliance checks, Trivy-family Aqua open-source tooling, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, and SCM platforms such as GitHub and GitLab.

Sources

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
`chain-bench`	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 version0.1.10

manager updated

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv0.1.10

https://github.com/aquasecurity/chain-bench

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:chain-bench
Version	0.1.10
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/chain-bench
Homepage	https://github.com/aquasecurity/chain-bench
Repository	https://github.com/aquasecurity/chain-bench
Upstream docs	https://aquasecurity.github.io/chain-bench
License	Apache-2.0
Source archive	https://github.com/aquasecurity/chain-bench/archive/refs/tags/v0.1.10.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	chain-bench
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%

chain-bench

nix profile install nixpkgs#chain-bench

normalized package name match
Matched by: Chain Bench

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ch/chain-bench/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/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/chain-bench.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

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