@scuton/license-gen

Generate LICENSE files from your terminal. Supports MIT, Apache-2.0, GPL-3.0, BSD, ISC, and more.

Install

npm install -g @scuton/license-gen

CLI Usage

# Generate MIT license (auto-detect author from git)
npx @scuton/license-gen mit

# Specify author and year
npx @scuton/license-gen apache-2.0 --author "John Doe" --year 2026

# List all available licenses
npx @scuton/license-gen --list

# Custom output path
npx @scuton/license-gen mit --output ./docs/LICENSE

Programmatic API

import { generateLicense, listLicenses } from '@scuton/license-gen';

// Generate license text
const text = generateLicense({
  license: 'mit',
  author: 'John Doe',
  year: '2026',
});

// List available licenses
const licenses = listLicenses();
// ['mit', 'apache-2.0', 'gpl-3.0', 'bsd-2-clause', 'bsd-3-clause', 'isc', 'unlicense', 'mpl-2.0']

Supported Licenses

| ID | Name | |---|---| | mit | MIT License | | apache-2.0 | Apache License 2.0 | | gpl-3.0 | GNU GPL v3 | | bsd-2-clause | BSD 2-Clause | | bsd-3-clause | BSD 3-Clause | | isc | ISC License | | unlicense | The Unlicense | | mpl-2.0 | Mozilla Public License 2.0 |

License

MIT © Scuton Technology