# Install bomber with Homebrew, apt, dnf, MacPorts, pacman, zypper, winget
Scans Software Bill of Materials for security vulnerabilities. Version 0.5.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-25. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install bomber.
## Install
```sh
sudo av install brew:bomber
```
Additional install commands:
### macOS
- Homebrew (100%):
```sh
brew install bomber
```
Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata
- MacPorts (94%):
```sh
sudo port install bomber
```
Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: kde/bomber/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
### Linux
- Debian apt (92%):
```sh
sudo apt install bomber
```
Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: bomber from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
- dnf (92%):
```sh
sudo dnf install bomber
```
Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: bomber from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst
- pacman (92%):
```sh
sudo pacman -S bomber
```
Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: bomber from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
- zypper (92%):
```sh
sudo zypper install bomber
```
Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: bomber from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst
### Windows
- winget (92%):
```sh
winget install --id KDE.Bomber -e
```
Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: KDE.Bomber from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix
## Package facts
- **Package key:** brew:bomber
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.5.1
- **Source summary:** Scans Software Bill of Materials for security vulnerabilities
- **Homepage:**
- **Repository:**
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-25T14:19:44-04:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00
## Executables
- bomber (alias)
## Install behavior
- Bottle: not available
## Freshness
- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.5.1
## Project history and usage
bomber is a DevSecOps command-line scanner for Software Bill of Materials files. It reads CycloneDX, SPDX, and Syft SBOMs and checks listed components against vulnerability providers.
### Project history
The Git repository begins in July 2022, with the first tagged public release following in August 2022. The README describes the project as a response to a practical SBOM question: after receiving a vendor SBOM for closed-source software, users need a fast way to identify component vulnerabilities and license risk.
The project evolved through v0.3 and v0.4 releases in 2022 and 2023, then v0.5 in 2024. Its README labels the project beta while documenting a broad feature set around providers, output formats, ignore lists, severity filtering, data enrichment, and CI-friendly stdin scanning.
### Adoption history
bomber belongs to the post-SBOM-surge security tooling ecosystem. The input package metadata lists Homebrew plus Linux distribution packages, MacPorts, Pacman, Ubuntu, and zypper, reflecting adoption as a portable security CLI rather than a library embedded in applications.
### How it is used
Typical use is `bomber scan` against one SBOM file or a directory of SBOMs. The README documents OSV as the default no-credential provider, with optional GitHub Advisory Database, Sonatype OSS Index, and Snyk providers, plus stdout, HTML, JSON, and Markdown output modes.
### Why package nerds care
bomber is package-nerd relevant because it treats package metadata itself as the object of security analysis. It sits downstream of SBOM generators such as Syft and normalizes vulnerability lookup across package ecosystems and advisory providers.
### Timeline
- 2022-07-08: Initial repository commit.
- 2022-08-22: v0.1.0 tag and initial public version.
- 2022-09-19: v0.3.0 tag appears during rapid early development.
- 2023-12-13: v0.4.8 tag appears.
- 2024-08-15: v0.5.0 tag appears.
- 2024-09-23: v0.5.1 tag appears.
### Related projects
- CycloneDX, SPDX, and Syft are documented input SBOM formats.
- OSV, GitHub Advisory Database, Sonatype OSS Index, and Snyk are documented vulnerability providers.
- Syft is a common companion tool because it can generate an SBOM and pipe it directly into bomber.
### Sources
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- source_facts.package-manager
## Security Notes
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
## Other Package-Manager Records
- Debian apt - bomber - 4:25.04.0-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: bomber from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | arcade spaceship game | https://apps.kde.org/bomber/
- Ubuntu apt - bomber - 4:23.08.5-0ubuntu3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: bomber from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | arcade spaceship game | http://games.kde.org/
- dnf - bomber - 26.07.90-1.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: bomber from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Arcade bombing game | https://invent.kde.org/games/bomber
- pacman - bomber - 26.04.3-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: bomber from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A single player arcade game | https://apps.kde.org/bomber/
- zypper - bomber - 26.04.3-1.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: bomber from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Game involving the invasion of cities with a plane | https://apps.kde.org/bomber
- zypper - bomber-lang - 26.04.3-1.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: bomber-lang from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Translations for package bomber | https://apps.kde.org/bomber
- MacPorts - bomber: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: kde/bomber/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget - KDE.Bomber: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: KDE.Bomber from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix
## Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/bomber.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/bomber.yml)
## Sources
- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph