A GitHub CLI extension to view and generate license files.

All license information is obtained from the GitHub API (https://docs.github.com/en/rest/licenses).

NOTE: The only purpose the CLI serves, is to save you the effort of opening up a browser to copy-&-paste the appropriate LICENSE text. It does NOT provide legal advice and you should still double-check the LICENSE yourself for any errors.

• GitHub CLI

gh extension install Shresht7/gh-license

Invoke the cli extension like so:

gh license <command>

For example, to generate a license file:

gh license create mit

Create a license file

new, add, init, set

gh-license create [flags]

  gh-license create mit
  gh-license create mit --author Shresht7 --year 2023
  gh-license create --web
  gh-license create mit --web

Show a list of licenses

gh-license list [flags]

  gh-license list
  gh-license list --json
  gh-license list --pretty-json

View license of a repository

r

gh-license repo [flags]

  gh license repo
  gh license repo Shresht7/gh-license
  gh license repo gh-license
  gh license repo --json
  gh license repo Shresht7/gh-license --pretty-json

View details about a particular license

show, get

gh-license view [flags]

  gh-license view mit
  gh-license view mit --json
  gh-license view mit --pretty-json

This software is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.