https://github.com/onur/cargo-license

Cargo subcommand to see license of dependencies
https://github.com/onur/cargo-license

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Cargo subcommand to see license of dependencies

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/onur/cargo-license
• Owner: onur
• License: mit
• Created: 2016-07-08T14:10:14.000Z (almost 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-02-25T13:21:09.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-11-09T19:49:56.261Z (over 1 year ago)
• Language: Rust
• Size: 90.8 KB
• Stars: 422
• Watchers: 6
• Forks: 37
• Open Issues: 11
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

          
# cargo-license

[![CI](https://github.com/onur/cargo-license/workflows/CI/badge.svg)](https://github.com/onur/cargo-license/actions?workflow=CI)

[![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-blue.svg)](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/onur/cargo-license/master/LICENSE)

![Minimum Supported Rust Version](https://img.shields.io/badge/rustc-1.86-red)

A cargo subcommand to see license of dependencies.

## Installation and Usage

You can install cargo-license with: `cargo install cargo-license` and

run it in your project directory with: `cargo license` or `cargo-license`.

```

Cargo subcommand to see licenses of dependencies.

Usage: cargo license [OPTIONS]

Options:

  -a, --authors                    Display crate authors

      --all-features               Activate all available features

      --avoid-build-deps           Exclude build dependencies

      --avoid-dev-deps             Exclude development dependencies

      --avoid-proc-macros          Exclude `proc_macros` dependencies

      --color                Coloring [default: auto] [possible values: auto, always, never]

      --current-dir   Current directory of the cargo metadata process

  -d, --do-not-bundle              Output one license per line

      --direct-deps-only           Output information only about the root package and don't fetch dependencies

      --features          Space-separated list of features to activate

      --filter-platform    Only include resolve dependencies matching the given target-triple

  -g, --gitlab                     Gitlab license scanner output

  -j, --json                       Detailed output as JSON

      --manifest-path        Path to Cargo.toml

      --no-default-features        Deactivate default features

  -o, --output               Output to file

      --root-only                  Output information only about the root package

  -t, --tsv                        Detailed output as tab-separated-values

  -h, --help                       Print help

```

## Example

`cargo-license` running inside the cargo-license project directory:

![cargo-license](https://i.imgur.com/9KARkwP.png)