diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index b75c1627..783b1b92 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -7,6 +7,29 @@ Archivista is a graph and storage service for [in-toto](https://in-toto.io) attestations. Archivista enables the discovery and retrieval of attestations for software artifacts. +## Archivista enables you to: + +- Store and retrieve in-toto attestations +- Query for relationships between attestations via a GraphQL API +- Validate Witness policy without the need to manually list expected attestations + +## Archivista is a trusted store for supply chain metadata + +- It creates a graph of supply chain metadata while storing attestations that can be later used for policy validation and flexible querying. +- It is designed to be horizontally scaleable, supporting storing a large number of attestations. +- It supports deployment on major cloud service and infrastructure providers, making it a versatile and flexible solution for securing software supply chains. +- It only stores signed attestations to further enhance security and and increase trust. + +## Key Features + +- Native support for storing attestations created by Witness +- A GraphQL API endpoint and playground +- Support for MySQL and Postgres database backends +- Support for S3-compatible object storage +- A Helm Chart for deployment in Kubernetes environments +- The ability to download and export attestations to transfer across an air gap +- Support for Darwin, Windows, and ARM architectures. + ## How Archivista Works When an attestation is uploaded to Archivista it will store the entire attestation in a configured object store as well