nuget-license
3.0.9-beta.3
This is a prerelease version of nuget-license.
There is a newer version of this package available.
See the version list below for details.
See the version list below for details.
dotnet tool install --global nuget-license --version 3.0.9-beta.3
This package contains a .NET tool you can call from the shell/command line.
dotnet new tool-manifest # if you are setting up this repo dotnet tool install --local nuget-license --version 3.0.9-beta.3
This package contains a .NET tool you can call from the shell/command line.
#tool dotnet:?package=nuget-license&version=3.0.9-beta.3&prerelease
The NuGet Team does not provide support for this client. Please contact its maintainers for support.
nuke :add-package nuget-license --version 3.0.9-beta.3
The NuGet Team does not provide support for this client. Please contact its maintainers for support.
Nuget License Utility 
A .net tool to print and validate the licenses of .net code. This tool supports .NET (Core), .NET Standard and .NET Framework projects. Native c++ projects are supported too but only in the .NET Framework variant of nuget-license. These projects will not work if the tool is installed via dotnet tool install.
nuget-license tool
Install tool
dotnet tool install --global nuget-license
Uninstall tool
dotnet tool uninstall --global nuget-license
Usage
Usage: nuget-license [options]
Options:
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
-i, --input |
Project or Solution to be analyzed |
-ji, --json-input |
Similar to -i, --input but providing a file containing a valid JSON Array that contains all projects to be analyzed |
-t, --include-transitive |
When set, the analysis includes transitive packages (dependencies of packages that are directly installed to the project) |
-a, --allowed-license-types |
File containing all allowed licenses in JSON format. If omitted, all licenses are considered to be allowed. |
-ignore, --ignored-packages |
File containing a JSON formatted array containing package names, that should be ignored when validating licenses. Package names specified can contain simple Wildcard characters (*) which are used to match any number of characters. Note that even though a package is ignored, it's transitive dependencies are still validated. This Option is useful e.g. to exclude homegrown nuget packages from validation. |
-exclude-projects, --exclude-projects-matching |
This option allows to specify project name(s) to exclude from the analysis. This can be useful to exclude test projects from the analysis when supplying a solution file as input. Wildcard characters (*) are supported to specify ranges of ignored projects. The input can either be a file name containing a list of project names in json format or a plain string that is then used as a single enty. |
-include-ignored, --include-ignored-packages |
This flag allows to explicitly include ignored packages in the output. |
-mapping, --licenseurl-to-license-mappings |
When used, this option allows to add to the url to license mapping built into the application (see here) |
-override, --override-package-information |
When used, this option allows to override the package information used for the validation. This makes sure that no attempt is made to get the associated information about the package from the available web resources. This is useful for packages that e.g. provide a license file as part of the nuget package which (at the time of writing) cannot be used for validation and thus requires the package's information to be provided by this option. |
-d, --license-information-download-location |
When used, this option downloads the html content of the license URL to the specified folder. This is done for all NuGet packages that specify a license URL instead of providing the license expression. |
-o, --output |
This Parameter accepts the value table, json or jsonPretty. It allows to select the type of output that should be given. If omitted, the output is given in tabular form. |
-err, --error-only |
This flag allows to print only packages that contain validation errors (if there are any). This allows the user to focus on errors instead of having to deal with many properly validated |
-?, -h, --help |
Show help for the application and exit |
--version |
Show version information of the application and exit |
Example tool commands
Show help
nuget-license --help
Validate licenses for .csproj file
nuget-license -i project.csproj
Generate machine readable output
nuget-license -i project.csproj -o jsonPretty
| Product | Versions Compatible and additional computed target framework versions. |
|---|---|
| .NET | net6.0 is compatible. net6.0-android was computed. net6.0-ios was computed. net6.0-maccatalyst was computed. net6.0-macos was computed. net6.0-tvos was computed. net6.0-windows was computed. net7.0 was computed. net7.0-android was computed. net7.0-ios was computed. net7.0-maccatalyst was computed. net7.0-macos was computed. net7.0-tvos was computed. net7.0-windows was computed. net8.0 is compatible. net8.0-android was computed. net8.0-browser was computed. net8.0-ios was computed. net8.0-maccatalyst was computed. net8.0-macos was computed. net8.0-tvos was computed. net8.0-windows was computed. |
Compatible target framework(s)
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| Version | Downloads | Last updated |
|---|---|---|
| 3.0.14 | 2,634 | 12/11/2024 |
| 3.0.13 | 53,218 | 9/18/2024 |
| 3.0.12 | 903 | 9/16/2024 |
| 3.0.11 | 148 | 9/16/2024 |
| 3.0.10 | 3,208 | 9/4/2024 |
| 3.0.9 | 14,778 | 8/15/2024 |
| 3.0.9-beta.3 | 66 | 8/14/2024 |
| 3.0.9-beta.2 | 74 | 8/14/2024 |
| 3.0.9-beta.1 | 63 | 8/14/2024 |
| 3.0.8 | 1,800 | 8/12/2024 |
| 3.0.7 | 777 | 8/7/2024 |
| 3.0.6 | 2,170 | 7/25/2024 |
| 3.0.5 | 6,426 | 7/10/2024 |
| 3.0.4 | 1,631 | 7/4/2024 |
| 3.0.3 | 21,658 | 4/9/2024 |
| 3.0.3-beta.4 | 2,485 | 3/4/2024 |
| 3.0.3-beta.3 | 85 | 2/27/2024 |
| 3.0.2 | 6,761 | 2/20/2024 |
| 3.0.1 | 7,497 | 1/8/2024 |
| 3.0.0 | 332 | 12/9/2023 |
| 3.0.0-alpha.10 | 89 | 12/9/2023 |