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author: Robin Boucher
title: Solutions for Open Source Compliance for licenses
tags: oss compliance, compliance, open source, license, spdx
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# Solutions for Open Source Compliance for licenses

## Solutions
### Open Source:

#### Stand-alone tools
* [FOSSology](https://github.com/fossology/fossology)
* [ScanCode-toolkit](https://github.com/nexB/scancode-toolkit) (cf [nexB](https://www.nexb.com/))
* [dep-license](https://github.com/abduhbm/dep-license)
* [Atarashi](https://github.com/fossology/atarashi)
* [OSS Review Toolkit](https://github.com/heremaps/oss-review-toolkit)
* [Ninka](http://ninka.turingmachine.org/)
* [boyter/lc](https://github.com/boyter/lc)
* [Tern](https://github.com/vmware/tern)
* [spdx-license-match](https://github.com/rohieb/spdx-license-match)
* [go-license-detector](https://github.com/src-d/go-license-detector)
* [LiD](https://source.codeaurora.org/external/qostg/lid)
* [google/licenseclassifier](https://github.com/google/licenseclassifier)
* [amzn/askalono](https://github.com/amzn/askalono)
* [licensee/licensee](https://github.com/licensee/licensee)
* [LicenseFinder](https://github.com/pivotal/LicenseFinder)
* [spdx/spdx-license-matcher](https://github.com/spdx/spdx-license-matcher)
* [FOSSlim](https://github.com/Fosslim)
* [joshdk/licensor](https://github.com/joshdk/licensor)
* [morficus/license-lc](https://github.com/morficus/license-ls)
* [jeremiah/spdxl](https://github.com/jeremiah/spdxl)
* [FOSSA](https://github.com/fossas/fossa-cli) (freemium)

#### Plugins
* [sonarqube-licensecheck](https://github.com/porscheinformatik/sonarqube-licensecheck)
* [loracle-maven-plugin](https://github.com/openCage/loracle-maven-plugin)
* [spdx/spdx-license-diff](https://github.com/spdx/spdx-license-diff)

### Proprietary:
#### Stand-alone tools
* [FOSSID](https://fossid.com/)