softwareArmoury

SoftwareArmoury is a software distribution and management platform conceived to centralize the hosting, signing, and distribution of software artifacts across operating systems and environments. It aims to provide a secure, auditable supply chain for both public and private deployments by combining a package repository with tooling for build, test, signing, and verification. The system is intended to support diverse development ecosystems and to integrate with existing development workflows.

Core components include an artifact repository, a build and signing pipeline, a dependency resolution engine, and metadata services that record provenance and integrity information. Users interact through a command-line interface, a web console, and REST APIs. It supports multiple package formats and can be extended to accommodate new formats via plug-ins, enabling interoperability with existing package managers and continuous integration and delivery pipelines. Emphasis is placed on reproducible builds, deterministic packaging, and cryptographic signing of artifacts to ensure integrity and authenticity.

Security and governance features cover tamper-evident logging, policy-based access control, and automated vulnerability scanning. The platform may generate software bill of materials (SBOMs), enforce policies for artifact approval, and provide audit trails for traceability from source to distribution. Licensing and standards considerations include open formats for metadata, license identification, and community-driven governance to encourage interoperability and shared best practices.

In practice, softwareArmoury is described in technical discussions as an open-standards-oriented approach to artifact management, rather than a single, widely deployed product. See also references to package management, supply chain security, and software provenance.