spdx-tool Alternatives

spdx-tool is described as 'Scans the source files to identify licenses used and it allows to update them in order to use the SPDX license format' and is an app in the security & privacy category. There are six alternatives to spdx-tool for Linux, Mac, Windows and Web-based. The best spdx-tool alternative is ScanCode, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like spdx-tool are Slic, Ninka, Licensee and FOSSology.

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    ScanCode

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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
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    Slic

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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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    Ninka

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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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    Licensee

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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

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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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    FOSSA

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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
     
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