Datadog-Sbom-Generator
This repository contains the source code of Datadog's SBOM Generator.
Its goal is to scan a cloned repository folder to extract dependencies which would
be installed on your systems and produce a CycloneDX SBOM out of it.
If you're interested in this repository, you might be interested in Setting up Software Composition Analysis in your repositories.
How to install
- Go to the release page
- Select the version you want to use (or use the latest version)
- Download the asset depending on your operating system and your CPU architecture
- Unzip the asset
Running the scanner
To scan a repository folder and generate a SBOM, you can use this command:
datadog-sbom-generator scan -o "/tmp/sbom.json" "/path/to/directory"
For detailed documentation on all commands and options, see USAGE.md.
You can also get help directly from the command line:
datadog-sbom-generator --help
datadog-sbom-generator scan --help
Supported package managers
This tool sources all dependencies by parsing package manager files. As new package managers appears everyday, we do not support all of them. Here's a list of supported package managers:
| Language |
Package Manager |
| .NET |
Nuget |
| C++ |
Conan |
| Go |
Golang |
| Java |
Gradle, Maven |
| JavaScript |
NPM, PNPM, Yarn |
| PHP |
Composer |
| Python |
Pdm, Pipenv, Poetry, Requirements, uv |
| Ruby |
Bundler |
| Rust |
Crates |
Limitations
Datadog SBOM Generator reads package manager dependencies declaration files or their lock files. It means it can only scan
dependencies which are declared in a standard and enforced way by each supported dependency manager.
We will detail here any known limitations by language.
Python
This tool only supports extracting packages from:
requirements*.txt
Pipfile.lock
poetry.lock
pdm.lock
uv.lock
This tool only supports enriching information from the following package manager declaration files:
Java
Maven
- This tool only supports extracting packages and locations from
pom.xml.
- It can only scan
pom.xml files which are stored in the same repository.
- If a pom file defines a parent that is not stored in the repository or is an artifact hosted by an artifact registry, the scanner will try to download it from Maven central. If the scanner cannot locate it there, or cannot access it, it won't be able to resolve the version.
Gradle
- This tool only supports extracting packages from
gradle.lockfile.
- This tool only supports package information enrichment from
build.gradle and gradle/verification-metadata.xml files.
Javascript and Typescript
NPM, Yarn and PNPM have workspace support
NPM
- This tool only supports extracting packages from
package-lock.json.
- This tool only supports package information enrichment from
package.json.
Yarn
- This tool only supports extracting packages from
yarn.lock.
- This tool only supports package information enrichment from
package.json.
PNPM
- This tool only supports extracting packages from
pnpm-lock.yaml.
- This tool only supports package information enrichment from
package.json.
.Net
Nuget
- This tool supports extracting packages from
packages.lock.json and *.csproj.
- This tool only supports package information enrichment from
*.csproj when parsing packages.lock.json.
- Inside a
.csproj file:
- Templatization is not supported.
- Including other csproj is not supported.
Ruby
Bundler
- This tool only supports extracting packages from
Gemfile.lock.
- This tool only supports package information enrichment from
Gemfile and *.gemspec.
- If the version of a package is defined in a variable, the location reported by the scanner will be the usage of the variable.
- Dependencies sourced from Git repositories won't have any version reported.
C++
Conan
- This tool only supports extracting packages from
conan.lock.
Rust
Crates
- This tool only supports extracting packages from
Cargo.lock.
Contributing
Contributions are welcome! You can contribute by:
- Reporting issues or requesting features via GitHub Issues
- Submitting pull requests with improvements or bug fixes
For detailed information on building, testing, and developing the project, see CONTRIBUTING.md.
License
The Datadog version of datadog-sbom-generator is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
Acknowledgement
This project builds upon portions of the osv-scanner project originally developed by Google and released under the Apache License 2.0.
We thank the original authors for their foundational work.