licensor
generates license text for open source projects
TLDR
Generate MIT license with a copyright holder name
$ licensor MIT "[Your Name]"
Generate Apache license and save to file$ licensor Apache-2.0 > LICENSE
Generate GPL license$ licensor GPL-3.0
Generate license with exception expression$ licensor "Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception" --skip-optional
List available licenses$ licensor --licenses
SYNOPSIS
licensor license [name] [options]
DESCRIPTION
licensor writes license text to stdout given an SPDX license identifier. All licenses are compiled into the binary. If the provided ID isn't found, similar ones will be suggested.The tool outputs properly formatted license text with copyright holder and year filled in.
PARAMETERS
LICENSE
SPDX license identifier (MIT, Apache-2.0, GPL-3.0, etc.). Supports exception expressions.NAME
Copyright holder name (optional, for licenses that include it).--licenses
List all available SPDX license identifiers.--skip-optional
Omit optional sections from the license text.--help
Display help information.
INSTALL
brew install licensor
CAVEATS
Uses SPDX identifiers. Rust-based tool. May need installation via cargo.
HISTORY
licensor was created by Raphael Theriault (raftario) as a Rust-based license text generator using SPDX license identifiers.
