davglass/license-checker

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1680 stars · 223 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A Node.js CLI tool that inspects an npm project's dependency tree and reports the license of every installed package. It supports JSON/CSV output, filtering, and failing builds when disallowed licenses are found.

Use cases

• audit npm dependency licenses
• generate a license report for a node project
• fail CI when a GPL dependency is installed
• export dependency licenses to csv
• find packages with unknown licenses
• check license compliance before releasing an npm package

When to choose

• you need a quick CLI license audit of an npm project
• you want to enforce an allowlist of licenses in CI
• you need machine-readable (JSON/CSV) license inventories

When to avoid

• you need license scanning for non-JavaScript ecosystems
• you need full SBOM generation with vulnerability data
• you need a maintained GUI or continuous compliance platform

Facets

cli-tool · maturity maintenance

cli developer-tools security developer-tools legal cli cross-platform npm license-compliance license-audit dependencies command-line nodejs

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