https://github.com/jslicense/spdx-license-ids
a list of SPDX license identifiers
https://github.com/jslicense/spdx-license-ids
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a list of SPDX license identifiers
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/jslicense/spdx-license-ids
- Owner: jslicense
- Created: 2014-10-31T04:06:09.000Z (over 11 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2026-02-20T23:01:24.000Z (5 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-04-06T19:30:46.384Z (4 months ago)
- Topics: array, javascript, json, license, list, nodejs, oss, spdx
- Language: JavaScript
- Homepage: https://spdx.org/licenses/
- Size: 347 KB
- Stars: 37
- Watchers: 3
- Forks: 19
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
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# spdx-license-ids
[](https://www.npmjs.com/package/spdx-license-ids)
A list of [SPDX license](https://spdx.org/licenses/) identifiers
## Installation
[Download JSON directly](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jslicense/spdx-license-ids/main/index.json), or [use](https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/install) [npm](https://docs.npmjs.com/about-npm/):
```
npm install spdx-license-ids
```
## [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/) API
### require('spdx-license-ids')
Type: `string[]`
All license IDs except for the currently deprecated ones.
```javascript
const ids = require('spdx-license-ids');
//=> ['0BSD', 'AAL', 'ADSL', 'AFL-1.1', 'AFL-1.2', 'AFL-2.0', 'AFL-2.1', 'AFL-3.0', 'AGPL-1.0-only', ...]
ids.includes('BSD-3-Clause'); //=> true
ids.includes('CC-BY-1.0'); //=> true
ids.includes('GPL-3.0'); //=> false
```
### require('spdx-license-ids/deprecated')
Type: `string[]`
Deprecated license IDs.
```javascript
const deprecatedIds = require('spdx-license-ids/deprecated');
//=> ['AGPL-1.0', 'AGPL-3.0', 'GFDL-1.1', 'GFDL-1.2', 'GFDL-1.3', 'GPL-1.0', 'GPL-2.0', ...]
deprecatedIds.includes('BSD-3-Clause'); //=> false
deprecatedIds.includes('CC-BY-1.0'); //=> false
deprecatedIds.includes('GPL-3.0'); //=> true
```
## License
[Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed)