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Rusty SBOMs

cyclonedx-rust-cargo is emerging as the standard for creating Software Bill of Materials for the Rust ecosystem and the CycloneDX standard

Key facts

Status:
Past
Investment Amount
€248,960.00
Investment Year(s)
2023, 2024

This is one of nine FOSS teams selected for the first round of the Contribute Back Challenges and one of five teams selected for the second round. It is in the Securing FOSS Software Production area.

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This project enhances software production security in the Rust ecosystem by contributing to the production-readiness of this common Software Bill of Materials generator.

Round 1: 71,000€

Round 2: 177,960€


Round 1 Summary

Each participating team submitted a final report and included a portion to be published.

Our team significantly enhanced the CycloneDX SBOM generator for Rust, transforming it into a feature-rich, production-ready tool.
This was made possible by the support from the Sovereign Tech Fund and enabled lasting changes and improvements within the broader Rust community and ecosystem as well.

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