license-maker ⚖️

Generate LICENSE files from the command line. MIT, Apache, GPL, BSD, ISC, MPL, Unlicense — one command.

Install

npm install -g license-maker

Usage

# Generate MIT license (auto-detects name from git config)
license-maker mit

# Specify author name
license-maker apache-2.0 --name "Jane Doe"

# Output to custom file
license-maker gpl-3.0 --output LICENSE.md

# Print to stdout (pipe to clipboard)
license-maker mit --stdout | pbcopy

# List all available licenses
license-maker --list

Supported Licenses

| License | Command | |---------|---------| | MIT | license-maker mit | | Apache 2.0 | license-maker apache-2.0 | | GPL 3.0 | license-maker gpl-3.0 | | BSD 2-Clause | license-maker bsd-2 | | BSD 3-Clause | license-maker bsd-3 | | ISC | license-maker isc | | Mozilla Public License 2.0 | license-maker mpl-2.0 | | Unlicense | license-maker unlicense |

Features

• 🚀 Zero dependencies
• 📛 Auto-detects author name from git config
• 📅 Auto-fills current year
• 📋 Pipe to stdout with --stdout
• 🎨 Colorful terminal output

License

MIT © kszongic