🔑 Openlgen

Effortless License Generation for Developers. To learn more about licenses, see choosealicense.com.

Installation

⚠ This package requires global installation.

$ npm install -g openlgen

or use it by invoking

$ npx openlgen

Features

• Interactive CLI: User-friendly command-line interface with clear prompts and options
• Dual Generation Modes:
  • Auto Mode: Automatically generates licenses using package.json configuration
  • Custom Mode: Manual configuration with interactive prompts
• Package.json Integration:
  • Automatic detection of existing configuration
  • Updates license and author fields automatically
• Extensive License Support: 13+ popular open source licenses including:
  • MIT, Apache 2.0, GPL v3, and more
• Data Validation: Robust error handling and input validation
• GitHub API Integration: Fresh license templates directly from GitHub
• Atomic File Operations: Safe file writing with rollback capabilities

Usage

Generate a license using the menu

$ openlgen

Show help menu

$ openlgen --help

Show version

$ openlgen --version

Available licenses

- GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 (AGPL-3.0)
- Apache License 2.0 (Apache-2.0)
- BSD 2-Clause "Simplified" License (BSD-2-Clause)
- BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License (BSD-3-Clause)
- Boost Software License 1.0 (BSL-1.0)
- Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal (CC0-1.0)
- Eclipse Public License 2.0 (EPL-2.0)
- GNU General Public License v2.0 (GPL-2.0)
- GNU General Public License v3.0 (GPL-3.0)
- GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 (LGPL-2.1)
- MIT License (MIT)
- Mozilla Public License 2.0 (MPL-2.0)
- The Unlicense (Unlicense)