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brew install chainloop-cli

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CLI for interacting with Chainloop

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chainloop

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Project history and usage

Chainloop CLI is the developer-facing command-line interface for Chainloop's software supply-chain evidence store and attestation platform. It is used to initialize attestations, add evidence such as SBOMs or vulnerability reports, sign metadata, and push it into Chainloop for validation and storage.

Project history

Chainloop was introduced on May 22, 2023 as an API for an organization's software supply chain, built around a SLSA level 3 provenance-compliant control plane and a contract-based attestation process. The README describes Chainloop as an open-source evidence store for attestations, SBOMs, VEX, SARIF, QA reports, and related software-delivery evidence.

Adoption history

The official README and docs emphasize use across CI/CD pipelines, with developers using the CLI while security and compliance teams define workflow contracts, policies, storage, and integrations. Chainloop documentation and changelogs show the platform expanding from attestation capture into policies, compliance frameworks, vulnerability management, integrations, AI coding-session evidence, and enterprise platform features.

How it is used

The quickstart guides users through installing the CLI, logging in, initializing an attestation, adding a container image, SBOM, and vulnerability report, then pushing the signed attestation. The CLI reference documents commands for applying YAML resources, uploading/downloading artifacts, creating attestations, and passing configuration through ~/.config/chainloop/config.toml or environment variables such as CHAINLOOP_TOKEN.

Why package nerds care

Package nerds care about chainloop-cli because it is a modern supply-chain CLI that wraps several packaging-era concerns: SBOMs, provenance, signatures, OCI storage, SLSA, in-toto, Sigstore, policy-as-code, and CI/CD evidence capture. Homebrew packaging gives developers a local install path for a tool meant to be embedded in automated delivery pipelines.

Timeline

2023: Chainloop was introduced publicly as an early-access software supply-chain attestation platform.
2024: Chainloop changelogs added contract-less attestations, material auto-discovery, broader evidence types, policies, and Prometheus-oriented monitoring.
2026: Documentation presents Chainloop as a centralized evidence store with real-time visibility, automated compliance, policy evaluation, and CLI-driven attestation workflows.

Related projects

Chainloop is built around or integrates with SLSA, in-toto, Sigstore, OCI registries, OPA/Rego policies, Dependency-Track, GUAC, CycloneDX, SPDX, OpenVEX, SARIF, CSAF, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, and Kubernetes/Helm deployment paths.

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Configuration files

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Unix: ~/.config/chainloop/config.toml

Credential files

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Unix: ~/.config/chainloop/config.toml

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`chainloop`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.

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page generated2026-08-03

manager version1.105.3

manager updated2026-08-03

local dataunknown

upstreamnot available

latest detectednot detected

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install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:chainloop-cli
Version	1.105.3
Package manager	Homebrew
Homepage	https://docs.chainloop.dev
Repository	https://github.com/chainloop-dev/chainloop
Last updated	2026-08-03T03:10:18Z
Pulse	updated
Bottle	not recorded
Service	none declared

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