spdx-tool Alternatives

Apps similar to spdx-tool include ScanCode, which is free and open source. Other options are Slic, Ninka, Licensee and FOSSology. In total there are six License Managers like spdx-tool for Linux, Mac, Windows and the web.

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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 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 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 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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    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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