Download OSS Discovery

OSS Discovery is a free, open source software tool that helps companies find the open source software embedded in applications and installed on workstations and servers. OSS Discovery produces an accurate inventory of open source software, which helps enterprises better manage open source software usage and comply with policies, regulations, and licenses.

OSS Discovery finds thousands of commonly used open source software packages installed on a variety of operating systems. Two editions of OSS Discovery are available:

Audit Edition — Available for download below and to subscribers of OLEX Enterprise Edition, this edition scans for over 130,000 different open source packages. This edition is currently in beta.

Census Edition — Availble for download on the Open Source Census website and the OSS Discovery community website, this edition scans for about 1,200 different open source packages and is used for contributing to the Census.

Select a Version to Download

OSS Discovery Audit Edition is available for Linux, Solaris, Windows, Mac, and FreeBSD. Select the distribution that's right for you from the menu below. Please note the OSS Discovery Audit Edition downloads below are beta versions.

	Linux Downloads: ossdiscovery-olex-linux-2.3.1.tar.gz (complete download - 50MB) » ossdiscovery-olex-jruby-2.3.1.tar.gz (smaller download - requires JRE - 15MB) » ossdiscovery-olex-2.3.1.tar.gz (smallest download - requires Ruby - 1.5MB) »
	Solaris Downloads: ossdiscovery-olex-solaris-2.3.1.tar.gz (complete download - 54MB) » ossdiscovery-olex-jruby-2.3.1.tar.gz (smaller download - requires JRE - 15MB) » ossdiscovery-olex-2.3.1.tar.gz (smallest download - requires Ruby - 1.5MB) »
	Windows Downloads: ossdiscovery-olex-windows-2.3.1.zip (complete download - 55MB) » ossdiscovery-olex-jruby-2.3.1.zip (smaller download - requires JRE - 16MB) » ossdiscovery-olex-2.3.1.zip (smallest download - requires Ruby - 1.5MB) »
	Mac Downloads: ossdiscovery-olex-jruby-2.3.1.tar.gz (smaller download - requires JRE - 15MB) » ossdiscovery-olex-2.3.1.tar.gz (smallest download - requires Ruby - 1.5MB) »
	FreeBSD Downloads:* ossdiscovery-olex-jruby-2.3.1.tar.gz (smaller download - requires JRE - 15MB) » ossdiscovery-olex-2.3.1.tar.gz (smallest download - requires Ruby - 1.5MB) » * FreeBSD users must, as root, create a symlink to access bash using the following command: ln -s /usr/local/bin/bash /bin/bash

How to Run OSS Discovery Audit Edition

Before you get started, please take note of these important points:

Scans can take several minutes to several hours depending on the size and content of your project. You can continue to use your machine while the scan is running.

Scans on Linux/Unix will include all mounted shares.

FreeBSD users must, as root, create a symlink to access bash using the following command:
ln -s /usr/local/bin/bash /bin/bash

For Linux/Unix

In a shell, CD to the directory where you extracted the scanner and execute:
./discovery --path ABSOLUTE_PATH_TO_YOUR_PROJECT_DIRECTORY

For Windows

At the command line, CD to the directory where you extracted OSS Discovery and run:
discovery.bat --path ABSOLUTE_PATH_TO_YOUR_PROJECT_DIRECTORY

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