Purpose: Licensable provides open-source license insights and compliance reporting for GitHub repositories.
Dependency scanning: It scans repositories for manifests or metadata files to capture the dependency tree.
License analysis: It flags potential license obligations and checks compatibility with the project’s license.
License selection: When multiple licenses apply, it automatically selects the most permissive option.
GitHub setup: Users install Licensable through GitHub, select organizations and repositories, then open a pull request to start.
Supported ecosystems: Its documented lockfile and manifest support includes Python, npm, Yarn, pnpm, Rust, Ruby, Go, CocoaPods, Gradle, Maven, and NuGet.
Check results: A check can report success, neutral when some dependency licenses may be unknown, or failure when a dependency license is incompatible with the repository license.
Data sources: Licensable enriches license data with external sources such as ClearlyDefined and curated datasets.
GitHub access: It accesses GitHub repository metadata, dependency information, and source code for compliance analysis, with access limited to repositories the user grants.
Security: The privacy policy says OAuth scopes are read-only, communications use HTTPS, and source code is not persistently stored unless explicitly enabled.
Data retention: The privacy policy says repository metadata and analysis results are retained only as long as needed to provide the service or as required by law.
Limitations: Licensable says its results are best effort, may not be fully correct or exhaustive, and are not legal advice.
Support: The terms list [email protected] for questions or feedback.
Price from: Free

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