licenseal
A free and open-source CLI license compliance checking tool. It reads lockfiles and registry metadata to check the license compatibility of direct and transitive dependencies without installing them, and directly outputs a binary verdict usable in CI.
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licenseal is a free and open-source CLI tool for checking, before release, whether the licenses of all dependencies (including transitive dependencies) are compatible with the project's license.
licenseal ranked 16th on Product Hunt.
licenseal supports 10 ecosystems.
licenseal gives CI a direct pass-or-fail verdict rather than outputting a list of dependency licenses that requires manual interpretation.
licenseal reads the lockfile and registry metadata, and the entire check process does not install any dependency packages.
licenseal explicitly includes transitive dependencies (dependencies of dependencies) in the scope of license checks.
The developer of licenseal is Sergii Shcherbak.
licenseal received 72 votes and 1 comment on Product Hunt.
It is recommended to first validate with projects using known license combinations before formally relying on licenseal's verdicts.
licenseal's design of not installing dependencies and only reading the lockfile makes it fast and low in resource consumption when running in CI, making it suitable as a quality gate.
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licenseal is a free and open-source CLI tool for checking, before release, whether the licenses of all dependencies (including transitive dependencies) are compatible with the project's license.
50%Unverifiedlicenseal ranked 16th on Product Hunt.
50%Unverifiedlicenseal supports 10 ecosystems.
50%Unverifiedlicenseal gives CI a direct pass-or-fail verdict rather than outputting a list of dependency licenses that requires manual interpretation.
50%Unverifiedlicenseal reads the lockfile and registry metadata, and the entire check process does not install any dependency packages.
50%Unverifiedlicenseal explicitly includes transitive dependencies (dependencies of dependencies) in the scope of license checks.
50%UnverifiedThe developer of licenseal is Sergii Shcherbak.
50%Unverifiedlicenseal received 72 votes and 1 comment on Product Hunt.
50%UnverifiedIt is recommended to first validate with projects using known license combinations before formally relying on licenseal's verdicts.
50%Unverifiedlicenseal's design of not installing dependencies and only reading the lockfile makes it fast and low in resource consumption when running in CI, making it suitable as a quality gate.
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