thirdPartyLicenseCollector

Collect all third party licenses in dependencies into one file, and notify about missing licenses.

Usage

go install github.com/aviadl/thirdPartyLicenseCollector@latest

# Vendor mode (default) — reads vendor/modules.txt
thirdPartyLicenseCollector -go-project /path/to/project -format json

# List mode — uses "go list -m" and the module cache (no vendor dir needed)
thirdPartyLicenseCollector -go-project /path/to/project -format json -go-mode list

Flags

Flag	Default	Description
-go-project		Go project directory
-npm-project		npm project directory
-npm-node-modules		node_modules directory (if different from npm-project)
-out	THIRD_PARTY_LICENSE	Output file name
-format	txt	Output format: txt or json
-go-mode	vendor	Go dependency resolution: vendor or list

Go modes

• vendor (default): Reads vendor/modules.txt to discover dependencies and scans vendor/<module>/ for license files. Requires go mod vendor or go work vendor to be run first.
• list: Runs go list -m -json all to discover dependencies and reads license files from the Go module cache. No vendor directory needed. Requires modules to be downloaded (go mod download).