Bomly MCP server

Analyze Your Software DNA.

Bomly is a free, open-source CLI for dependency intelligence. It scans source trees, SBOMs, Git refs, and container images; explains why dependencies are present; enriches packages with vulnerability and license data when you ask for it; evaluates policy; and writes automation-friendly output for CI.

Free and open source, no account, no login. One binary. No service to host. No telemetry. No outbound matcher calls unless you opt in with --enrich. Network and Privacy documents every network trigger so you can audit that claim instead of taking it on faith.

Install Bomly

# macOS / Linuxbrew
brew install bomly-dev/tap/bomly

# Linux / macOS install script
curl -fsSL https://bomly.dev/install.sh | sh

# Windows
winget install Bomly.BomlyCLI

Prebuilt archives and Linux packages are published from GitHub Releases. Releases include bomly (full binary with builtin Syft and Grype) and bomly-lite (smaller binary that shells out to external syft and grype).

Verify the install:

bomly version

For Linux packages, Scoop, Go install, checksums, pinned versions, upgrades, and uninstall instructions, see Installation.

Start With a Scan

# Scan the current project
bomly scan

# Scan a specific directory
bomly scan --path ./services/api

# Scan a container image
bomly scan --image ghcr.io/example/app:latest

# Scan a remote Git ref
bomly scan --url https://github.com/owner/repo --ref v1.2.3

# Read an existing SPDX or CycloneDX SBOM
bomly scan --sbom --path ./sbom.cdx.json

Bomly reads manifests, lockfiles, package-manager output, container layers, or existing SBOMs and turns them into one dependency graph. Native detectors cover Go, npm, pnpm, Yarn, Maven, Gradle, Python, Composer, Bundler, GitHub Actions, SBOM ingest, and more. Syft fills the long tail, including container images. See the Support Matrix and Scan Targets.

What Bomly Can Answer

Shortened. The full README is on GitHub.