Software Bill of Materials
Forward Enterprise publishes a Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) that lists all open-source components included in the
platform. The SBOM is available at the well-known endpoint /.well-known/sbom and follows the
CycloneDX 1.7 specification in JSON format.
Accessing the SBOM
The SBOM endpoint requires authentication. Any authenticated user can retrieve it:
GET https://<forward-instance>/.well-known/sbom
The response includes all open-source dependencies used by the platform, covering both server-side and client-side packages.
SBOM Contents
Each component entry in the SBOM includes:
- Name and version of the dependency
- License information with SPDX identifiers where available
- Package URL (purl) for precise package identification
- External references linking to the project homepage