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Best FOSSology Alternatives in 2026

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20 apps from open source license compliance software ranked against FOSSology on the same published basis.

  1. 2
    Apache Flink CDC Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.5
    FOSSology vs Apache Flink CDC
  2. 3
    DeepFilterNet Free plan LinuxMacWin Free6.5
    FOSSology vs DeepFilterNet
  3. 4
    licscan Free plan LinuxMacWin Free6.5
    FOSSology vs licscan
  4. 5
    OHRisk Free plan LinuxMacWin Free6.5
    FOSSology vs OHRisk
  5. 6
    OSS Review Toolkit Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.5
    FOSSology vs OSS Review Toolkit
  6. 7
    OSSKB Free plan apiLinuxMacWeb Free6.5
    FOSSology vs OSSKB
  7. 8
    REUSE Tool Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWin Free6.5
    FOSSology vs REUSE Tool
  8. 9
    SBOM Workbench Free plan LinuxMacWin Free6.5
    FOSSology vs SBOM Workbench
  9. 10
    ScanCode Toolkit Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.5
    FOSSology vs ScanCode Toolkit
  10. 11
    ScanCode Workbench Free plan LinuxMacWin Free6.5
    FOSSology vs ScanCode Workbench
  11. 12
    Double Open Compliance Free plan apiself-hostedWeb Free6.4
    FOSSology vs Double Open Compliance
  12. 13
    FOSSA Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb $168392.50/mo6.4
    FOSSology vs FOSSA
  13. 14
    FOSSLight Hub Free plan apiself-hostedWeb Free6.4
    FOSSology vs FOSSLight Hub
  14. 15
    SourceTrust Free plan Web $24.92/mo6.4
    FOSSology vs SourceTrust
  15. 16
    SW360 Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free6.4
    FOSSology vs SW360
  16. 17
    Check License Compliance Free plan Linuxself-hosted Free6.3
    FOSSology vs Check License Compliance
  17. 18
    ClearlyDefined Free plan apiself-hostedWeb Free6.3
    FOSSology vs ClearlyDefined
  18. 19
    OpossumUI LinuxMacWin 5.6
    FOSSology vs OpossumUI
  19. 20
    DejaCode Free trial apiLinuxself-hostedWeb $500/mo5.5
    FOSSology vs DejaCode
  20. 21
    LicenseRec Linuxself-hostedWeb 5.4
    FOSSology vs LicenseRec

FOSSology alternatives compared

#AppScoreFree planFromRuns on
2Apache Flink CDC6.5Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
3DeepFilterNet6.5Free planFreeLinux, Mac, Windows
4licscan6.5Free planFreeLinux, Mac, Windows
5OHRisk6.5Free planFreeLinux, Mac, Windows
6OSS Review Toolkit6.5Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
7OSSKB6.5Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, Web
8REUSE Tool6.5Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Windows
9SBOM Workbench6.5Free planFreeLinux, Mac, Windows
10ScanCode Toolkit6.5Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
11ScanCode Workbench6.5Free planFreeLinux, Mac, Windows
12Double Open Compliance6.4Free planFreeAPI, self-hosted, Web
13FOSSA6.4Free plan$168392.50/moAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
14FOSSLight Hub6.4Free planFreeAPI, self-hosted, Web
15SourceTrust6.4Free plan$24.92/moWeb
16SW3606.4Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
17Check License Compliance6.3Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted
18ClearlyDefined6.3Free planFreeAPI, self-hosted, Web
19OpossumUI5.6No—Linux, Mac, Windows
20DejaCode5.5No$500/moAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
21LicenseRec5.4No—Linux, self-hosted, Web
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Questions about FOSSology alternatives

What is the best alternative to FOSSology?

Apache Flink CDC, number 2 in open source license compliance software with a score of 6.5 out of 10. The others here: DeepFilterNet, licscan, OHRisk and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to FOSSology?

Apache Flink CDC is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 17 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked free-and-open first: a usable free tier and open-source code, then the platforms it runs on and its documentation.