Interlynk vs TRUSCA

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.

TRUSCA is a free, open-source, self-hosted software composition analysis platform for CVE tracking, license compliance, and SBOM management. It uses cdxgen to detect packages across more than 30 language ecosystems, while Trivy matches components with NVD, OSV, GitHub Advisory, EPSS, and KEV data. Weekly database refreshes add new CVEs. TRUSCA imports CycloneDX or SPDX SBOMs and exports CycloneDX in JSON or XML and SPDX in JSON or Tag-Value. CI integrations include GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins examples, a REST API, and API keys; build gates can fail on Critical CVEs or forbidden licenses. License workflows classify licenses as allowed, conditional, or forbidden, generate NOTICE files, and block forbidden licenses. The platform also offers approvals, an append-only audit log, email, Slack, Teams notifications, VEX triage, and EPSS prioritization. It runs through Docker Compose or Helm. It does not analyze users’ own source code.