Browserify License Extractor

Extracts licenses of third party modules used in a browserify bundle

Browserify License Extractor list all files that will be included in a Browerify bundle to determines which third party modules are really bundled, and then it extracts the corresponding licenses to various formats.

Install

npm install -g browserify-licenses

Usage

Usage: brlicenses [options]

Options:
    --browserify, -b  Extract licenses used in a bundle using Browserify to find
                      included modules (this option can be ommited)
    --webpack, -w     Extract licenses from a Webpack profile file
    --modules, -m     Extract licenses of the given modules
    --json, -j        Extract licenses of the given JSON files (previously
                      generated with the --format=json option)
    --format, -f      Output format [choices: "table", "short", "full", "json"]
                      [default: "table"]
    --output, -o      Output file (print to stdout by default)
    --ignore, -i      Ingore the given modules in the output
    --version, -v     Show version number
    --help, -h        Show help

Examples

brlicenses app/index.js
brlicenses --browserify app/index.js  # equivalent to the previous one

brlicenses --modules lodash q abitbol

brlicenses app/index.js \
    --json additional-licenses.json \
    --format=full \
    --output=CREDITS.txt

Example 2: Webpack

webpack --profile --json > profile.json
brlicenses --webpack profile.json

Sample Output

Table formatting (to get a quick overview):

brlicenses app/index.js

┌─────────────┬─────────┬──────────────┬──────────────┐
│ Module Name │ Version │ License      │ License File │
├─────────────┼─────────┼──────────────┼──────────────┤
│ abitbol     │ 1.0.4   │ BSD-3-Clause │ Yes          │
│ keyboardjs  │ 0.4.3   │ BSD License  │ Yes          │
│ lodash      │ 4.13.1  │ MIT          │ Yes          │
│ photonui    │ 1.5.0   │ BSD-3-Clause │ Yes          │
│ stonejs     │ 2.2.0   │ BSD-3-Clause │ Yes          │
│ uuid        │ 2.0.2   │ MIT          │ Yes          │
└─────────────┴─────────┴──────────────┴──────────────┘

6 modules

Full output includes complete license:

brlicenses --format=full app/index.js

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
abitbol v1.0.4 - License BSD-3-Clause
downloaded from <https://www.npmjs.com/package/abitbol>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Copyright (c) 2015, Wanadev <http://www.wanadev.fr/>
All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
    * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
    * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
    * Neither the name of Wanadev nor the
    names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products
    derived from this software without specific prior written permission.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND
ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL WANADEV BE LIABLE FOR ANY
DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
(INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES;
LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND
ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~




~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
keyboardjs v0.4.3 - License BSD License
downloaded from <https://www.npmjs.com/package/keyboardjs>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Copyright 2011 Robert Hurst. All rights reserved.

[... output truncated for this example ...]

Changelog

• 1.5.1: Update dependencies
• 1.5.0: Add Webpack support. Update Browserify to v17.x
• 1.4.8: Update dependencies
• 1.4.7: Fixes issue with newer node version (#41)
• 1.4.6: Handle namespaced packages in browserify source ("@namespace/package"), updates dependencies
• 1.4.5: Fixes version parsing with npm 5, updates dependencies
• 1.4.4: Updates Yargs and Table deps
• 1.4.3: Updates Browserify to 14.0.0
• 1.4.2: Works on Microsoft Windows™ system
• 1.4.1: Updates yargs dependency