Slic Alternatives
Slic is described as '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' and is an app. There are nine alternatives to Slic for Linux, Windows, Mac and Web-based. The best Slic alternative is FOSSA, which is free. Other great apps like Slic are ScanCode, Ninka, FOSSology and Licensee.
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.
- - FOSSA is the most popular Web-based alternative to Slic.
- - FOSSA is the most popular free alternative to Slic.
FOSSA Features
ScanCode
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo10 ScanCode alternatives- Free • Open Source
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ScanCode is a tool to scan code and detect licenses, copyrights and more. This open source code scanning tool helps you find and discover open source and third-party components in your code.
- - ScanCode is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Slic.
- - ScanCode is the most popular Open Source alternative to Slic.
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).
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.
Licensee
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo9 Licensee alternatives- Free • Open Source
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- Windows
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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.
Protecode Compact
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo11 Protecode Compact alternatives- Paid • Proprietary
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- Linux
Simplified license management of open source software for small organizations or departments.
- - Protecode Compact is the most popular commercial alternative to Slic.
OSS Deep Discovery
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo9 OSS Deep Discovery alternatives- Paid • Proprietary
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- Windows
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OSS Deep Discovery 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.
Black Duck Protex integrates with existing development tools to automatically scan, discover, and identify software origins.
Protex Features
Palamida Standard Edition
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo10 Palamida Standard Edition alternatives- Paid • Proprietary
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- Linux
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...
