License-Cop

Yet another license checker tool for your dependencies; focused on simplicity.

npm install license-cop --save-dev

Why check your licenses?

Remain compliant

Avoid using dependencies that are licensed with restrictions that you're unaware of.

Increase trustworthiness

Advertise to your consumers that you're using only permissive open source software.

Why License-Cop?

As flexible as you need

Configure your projects to your exact specification with a clear and concise config.

Easy to use

Use the init command to get started quickly.

Composable

Use base configs to centralise your organisation's defaults with extensions where needed.

Sensible defaults

Leverage our@license-cop/permissivebase config to avoid having to repeat commonly used licenses.

Open-source

Contribute improvements and enhance features to help the community.

How to get started

Installation

Installlicense-copas a dev dependency and use the CLI.

Documentation

Read thedocumentationto learn more about how to use License-Cop and its features.