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LicenseFinder: Quickly Identify All Dependency Licenses

Name: LicenseFinder: Quickly Identify All Dependency Licenses
Author: pivotal

LicenseFinder scans your Ruby project’s gems and lists every license, helping founders stay compliant and avoid legal surprises. Backed by 1.8k+ GitHub stars.

From the repo · “Find licenses for your project's dependencies.”

1,798 stars350 forksRubyGuide quality 9/10 · reviewed Oct 6Updated 7/22/2024100% free · open source

What it does

LicenseFinder is a tool that automates the process of finding and managing licenses for your project's dependencies.

When to use it

•You're about to release a new version of your software and need to ensure compliance with dependency licenses
•You've inherited a legacy project with unclear dependency licensing
•You want to maintain a centralized and up-to-date record of licenses for your project's dependencies

Ready-to-paste prompt

license_finder --save licenses.txt --dependencies bundler,rails

Heads up: LicenseFinder requires a `config/license_finder.yml` configuration file to be present in the project's root directory, which can be generated automatically by running the tool without any options

Saves to your device

Use with Claude

New

Skip the builder — one click puts this in Claude, Cursor, Antigravity and more.

✅ Light setup

Installs with a command or two; your AI agent can do it for you.

Try it instantly — no install

Claude Code

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/licensefinder && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/licensefinder/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/licensefinder/SKILL.md

Open in another AI app

Opens the app with this repo with the prompt ready to go — no copy-paste needed.

Connect the whole catalog (MCP)

claude mcp add --transport http workflowstacks https://workflowstacks.com/api/mcp

Adds a WorkflowStacks connector to Claude Code: search and load any skill here by chatting.

How LicenseFinder: Quickly Identify All Dependency Licenses works

Codeflow

Free to inspect

LicenseFinder: Quickly Identify All Dependency Licenses is a medium Ruby project (~8.3k lines across 177 code files, plus 157 test files). Setup is light: installs like a normal app. Reading the code is optional. Last commit 27 months ago, MIT license, has a test suite.

Size

Medium codebase

~8.3k lines · 177 code files · ~1 h to skim

Setup

One-command install

Installs like a normal app. Reading the code is optional.

Runs on

Ruby · Docker

No API keys detected

Ruby 95%HTML 2%Dockerfile 1%Shell 1%Elixir 1%

Where to start reading

1
README.md
Start here — what it does and how to install it
2
bin/license_finder
Where the program starts running
3
lib/license_finder/cli.rb
Inside lib/ — the main logic begins here
4
examples/Gemfile
A worked example — copy this to get going

What's in each folder

lib/Core code — the actual logic154 files

bin/Command-line entry points2 files

examples/Examples you can copy4 files

features/Folder131 files

ci/Folder14 files

release/Folder1 files

spec/Tests — proof it works216 files

.github/CI / automation (GitHub Actions)1 files

READMEHas testsDocumentedNo CIDocker readyExamples includedMIT licenseLast update 27 mo ago

Use with Claude

New

Skip the builder — one click puts this in Claude, Cursor, Antigravity and more.

✅ Light setup

Installs with a command or two; your AI agent can do it for you.

Try it instantly — no install

Claude Code

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/licensefinder && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/licensefinder/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/licensefinder/SKILL.md

Open in another AI app

Opens the app with this repo with the prompt ready to go — no copy-paste needed.

Connect the whole catalog (MCP)

claude mcp add --transport http workflowstacks https://workflowstacks.com/api/mcp

Adds a WorkflowStacks connector to Claude Code: search and load any skill here by chatting.

Quick Actions

Details

Creator

pivotal

Language

Ruby