https://github.com/fairfield-programming/openlist

🦋 The definitive list of open-source, source-available, and commercial licenses.
https://github.com/fairfield-programming/openlist

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🦋 The definitive list of open-source, source-available, and commercial licenses.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/fairfield-programming/openlist
• Owner: fairfield-programming
• License: other
• Created: 2023-01-27T00:23:14.000Z (about 3 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2023-03-27T06:13:24.000Z (almost 3 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-10-04T12:04:43.057Z (4 months ago)
• Topics: api, api-rest, awesome, awesome-list, json, license, license-management, licenses, list, open-data, open-source, openapi, opensource, public, public-api, public-data, xml, yaml
• Language: JavaScript
• Homepage: https://openlist.fairfieldprogramming.org/
• Size: 18.1 MB
• Stars: 11
• Watchers: 4
• Forks: 3
• Open Issues: 126
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: license-schema.json

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# [![Open List](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fairfield-programming/openlist/master/.github/cover.svg)](https://github.com/fairfield-programming/openlist)

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![Website](https://img.shields.io/website?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.io)

The definitive license list for the open-source world.

## Public API

### Get All Licenses - [`/licenses`](https://fairfield-programming.github.io/openlist/licenses/)

[![Supports JSON](https://img.shields.io/badge/json-blue)](https://fairfield-programming.github.io/openlist/licenses.json)

[![Supports XMl](https://img.shields.io/badge/xml-blue)](https://fairfield-programming.github.io/openlist/licenses.xml)

[![Supports YAML](https://img.shields.io/badge/yaml-blue)](https://fairfield-programming.github.io/openlist/licenses.yaml)

This endpoint allows querying access for licenses inside of the FPA license list.

### Get License Information - [`/licenses/:id`](https://fairfield-programming.github.io/openlist/licenses/mit)

[![Supports JSON](https://img.shields.io/badge/json-blue)](https://fairfield-programming.github.io/openlist/licenses/mit.json)

[![Supports XMl](https://img.shields.io/badge/xml-blue)](https://fairfield-programming.github.io/openlist/licenses/mit.xml)

[![Supports YAML](https://img.shields.io/badge/yaml-blue)](https://fairfield-programming.github.io/openlist/licenses/mit.yaml)

This endpoint allows you to get all of the information that we have stored about a license.

### Get License Bodies - [`/licenses/:id/raw.txt`](https://fairfield-programming.github.io/openlist/licenses/mit/raw.txt)

This endpoint allows you to retrieve the body of a license. This is how the license would be stored in a file.

### Get License Regex - [`/regex`](https://fairfield-programming.github.io/openlist/regex)

Allows you to retrieve the regex matches for all the different types of licenses. This makes life much easier when trying to identify what license a repository uses.