aboutcode-org / aboutcode-org/fetchcode

Add Fetchcode support for BItnami

Open
#174 0 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub
Dominant language
HTML
Stars
13
Forks
24
PR merge metrics
No merged PRs in 30d

Description

- No Standard Download Endpoint
Bitnami does not expose a standardized or public API endpoint that maps a PURL (like pkg:bitnami/wordpress?distro=debian-12) to a downloadable artifact URL

- Dynamic and UI-Driven Distribution
Bitnami primarily delivers packages via dynamic download pages (e.g., https://bitnami.com/stack/wordpress/installer) rather than static URLs or repository-like indexes. Files are often served behind redirect chains that involve JS or token validation.

- Lack of Versioned Index or Manifest
There is no accessible versioned package index (like Packages.gz or repodata/primary.xml) to crawl or query for mapping names to URLs. This makes automation infeasible without scraping or reverse-engineering the frontend.

- Cloud-Native and VM-Image Focus
Bitnami PURLs often refer to entire stacks or VM/container images, not raw binaries or .deb/.rpm packages. The “download” could refer to an OVA, Docker image, or even a marketplace listing—none of which follow a conventional artifact URL format.

- No Universal Host for Artifacts
Bitnami-hosted downloads may come from AWS S3, Akamai, or Azure depending on the region and platform, with presigned URLs that expire. These cannot be deterministically generated or reused.

Contributor guide

No contributing guide indexed for this repository

Assessment

This issue has not been assessed yet.

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.