OSS Deep Discovery Alternatives

OSS Deep Discovery is described as 'Scans source code as well as binaries to identify open source software and licenses, even when the open source code has been copied or modified' and is an app. There are nine alternatives to OSS Deep Discovery for Linux, Windows, Mac and Web-based. The best OSS Deep Discovery alternative is ScanCode, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like OSS Deep Discovery are Licensee, FOSSology, Ninka and Slic.

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    ScanCode is a suite of utilities used to scan a codebase for license, copyright and other interesting information that can be discovered in files.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • ScanCode is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to OSS Deep Discovery.

    • ScanCode is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to OSS Deep Discovery.

    • ScanCode is Free and Open SourceOSS Deep Discovery is Paid and Proprietary
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    Licensee is a Ruby gem that automates the process of reading LICENSE files and compares their contents to known licenses using several strategies.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    FOSSology is an open source license compliance software system and toolkit. As a toolkit you can run license, copyright and export control scans from the command line. As a system, a database and web ui are provided to give you a compliance workflow.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    Ninka is a lightweight license identification tool for source code. It is sentence-based, and provides a simple way to identify open source licenses in a source code file. It is capable of identifying several dozen different licenses (and their variations).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    Slic scans a codebase and identifies the license of each file. It can be extended to identify new licenses or change its detection of existing ones.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    FOSSA offers automated license scanning, dependency analysis and reports at each commit. Get a process up an running in 60 seconds, without slowing down development.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
    • FOSSA is the most popular Web-based alternative to OSS Deep Discovery.

    • FOSSA is Freemium and ProprietaryOSS Deep Discovery is Paid and Proprietary
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    Simplified license management of open source software for small organizations or departments.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • Protecode Compact is the most popular commercial alternative to OSS Deep Discovery.

    • Protecode Compact is Paid and ProprietaryOSS Deep Discovery is also Paid and Proprietary
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    Black Duck Protex integrates with existing development tools to automatically scan, discover, and identify software origins.

    10 Protex alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    Palamida Standard Edition contains the scanning and analysis features, without the request and authorization workflow. It is designed for organizations who need to focus first on analysis of code content, perhaps as a result of an immediate requirement for disclosures (Third...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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