Tools to find licenses/copyright in software

Tools tested from an Debian' extensive list of tools

• ScanCode toolkit: cli
  • Cons:
    • slow
• scancode.io: Has cli and Web UI. Possible setup via docker.
  • Cons:
    • Crash with 8GB RAM due OOM
• FOSSology: Not tested
• licensecheck: cli
  • Pros:
    • fast
    • simple to install and use
    • seems to detect quite well licenses
    • example for a python project:

      apt install licensecheck
      licensecheck --check '.py' --recursive --deb-machine . > project.license