# davglass/license-checker

Check NPM package licenses

Repository: https://github.com/davglass/license-checker
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/license-checker
Language: JavaScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2024-01-29T23:56:03+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4979, "days_push": 947, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1680, forks 223 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:21.447387+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: cli, developer-tools, security
- domain: developer-tools, legal
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: npm, license-compliance, license-audit, dependencies, command-line, nodejs

## Member repositories
- davglass/license-checker (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:21.447387+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:41:27.811214+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/davglass/license-checker (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:21.447387+00:00, sha 2967ae80f876)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/license-checker (fetched 2026-08-29T11:14:53.011257+00:00, sha bdb32045b33e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.