macOS
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brew install xeollocal Homebrew formula metadata
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Install xeol with Homebrew, Nix
Xcanner for end-of-life software in container images, filesystems, and SBOMs. Version 0.10.8 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-25. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#xeol.
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Linux
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#xeolnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/xe/xeol/package.nix · source: api.github.com
overview
Package summary
Xcanner for end-of-life software in container images, filesystems, and SBOMs
Project links
Commands and aliases
- xeol
history
Project history and usage
Xeol is a Go CLI for finding end-of-life software in container images, filesystems, and SBOMs. Its niche is adjacent to vulnerability scanners: instead of asking only whether a package has a known CVE, it asks whether the software line is out of vendor support.
Project history
The xeol repository was created in December 2022, with v0.1.0 published at the end of that month. The README describes a scanner for EOL packages and documents inputs that include Docker and Podman images, OCI archives, Singularity images, directories, Syft/SPDX/CycloneDX SBOMs, registries, and attestations.
Adoption history
Xeol grew in the SBOM and container-security moment when teams already had image inventories and wanted policy checks beyond CVE matching. Its GitHub Action packages that workflow directly for CI, including an option to fail pipelines when EOL software is found.
How it is used
Typical use is `xeol <image>` for a container image, `xeol dir:path` for a filesystem, or `xeol sbom:file` for an existing SBOM. It maintains a local SQLite EOL database sourced from endoflife.date, package registries, vendor-package feeds, and browser data, with automatic update and offline-management commands.
Why package nerds care
Xeol matters to package nerds because it treats lifecycle metadata as a first-class scan target. It connects package identity, SBOM formats, vendor support windows, and CI policy into one small CLI rather than leaving EOL status as a spreadsheet or wiki chore.
Timeline
- 2022-12-23: GitHub repository is created.
- 2022-12-31: v0.1.0 is published.
- 2023: GitHub issues and the Marketplace action show CI and automation use cases forming around the scanner.
- 2025-03-05: v0.10.8 is published as the latest GitHub release visible from the repository page.
Related projects
- endoflife.date is one of the aggregator sources for Xeol's EOL database.
- Syft is a supported SBOM input source and format producer.
- SPDX and CycloneDX are SBOM formats Xeol can read.
- Grype is a related Anchore vulnerability scanner; Xeol covers the lifecycle-status dimension instead.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: orange
broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal.
Risk classifier
orange risk · medium confidence · infrastructure
Why
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
- infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal
Signals
- text:container
- text:image
Install behavior
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
xeol | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-08-03
manager version0.10.8
manager updated2026-07-25
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:xeol |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.10.8 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://www.xeol.io/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/xeol-io/xeol |
| Last updated | 2026-07-25T21:49:09+02:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Nix95%
xeol
nix profile install nixpkgs#xeol- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Xeol
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation