Interlynk vs SBOM Manager

Interlynk manages software bills of materials (SBOMs) for regulated software and devices. Its platform generates, ingests, enriches, monitors, and shares SBOMs, with workflows for open-source risk, suppliers, and embedded C/C++ firmware. The lynkctl generator supports IAR, GCC, or CMake builds. Component monitoring covers newly disclosed vulnerabilities, and teams can use VEX dispositions to filter findings that do not apply. Open-source risk management includes license obligations, known vulnerabilities, and maintenance status. Components are matched against NVD, GitHub Security Advisories, and OSV, then enriched with EPSS, CISA KEV, and CWE. Suppliers can submit CycloneDX or SPDX SBOMs through secure links without an account; links last 24 hours and renew when clicked after expiry. Integrations named include GitHub, GitLab, Jira, and Slack; a GraphQL API supports integration and workflow automation. The free Community Tier includes API access and alerts for policy failures and vulnerability disclosures. Interlynk says it supports work under FDA 524B, EU CRA, NIS2, DORA, and PCI DSS 4.0.

SBOM Manager is a free, MIT-licensed command-line tool for maintaining collections of Software Bills of Materials. It records components used in releases or builds and lets users check whether particular components and versions appear. Search tools include module lookup, project filtering, repository listings, and update-history views. Inputs can be SPDX 2.3 Tag/Value or JSON, CycloneDX 1.4 XML or JSON, CSV, and directory listings. Results can print to the console or go to a file in console or CSV formats. Repository archives can be exported and imported for restoration. The project describes continuous-integration and security-audit use. Vulnerability scanning requires a separately configured scanner that accepts an SPDX Tag/Value file; an example uses cve-bin-tool. The Linux tool requires Python 3.7 or later and installs with pip install sbom-manager. It cannot judge SBOM validity or completeness, or decide whether vulnerabilities require fixes.