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sykescottages/licence-check
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Checks all of the dependencies of projects to ensure the license is valid for use

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Licence Check
=============

[](#licence-check)

This is a package which allows checking that all of the dependencies of a project conform to an agreed set of licences.

Guide
-----

[](#guide)

To run a basic check with no options install the checker

`composer require sykescottages/licence-check`

to run

`./vendor/bin/licence-check`

This will by default check the current working directories composer for valid licences.

To customise the licences accepted pass `-l` / `--licence` as a command line option eg

`./vendor/bin/licence-check --licence YourLicence`

or to pass a file containing valid licences

`./vendor/bin/licence-check --licenceFile file.txt`

You can ignore certain packages with the `-i` / `--ignoreFile` flag to pass a file or `--ignore` for a single package

NPM
---

[](#npm)

This can also check NPM, you will need to install the licence check (globally to make it easier)

`sudo npm install -g license-report`

then call the same binary as above with a seperate flag

`./vendor/bin/licence-check --type Npm`

The flags documented above work in the same way

Running from any directory
--------------------------

[](#running-from-any-directory)

To run from any directory you need to provide input on `STDIN`. This is expected to be JSON for composer and csv for NPM

###  Health Score

32

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LowBetter than 72% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity31

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity54

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 84.6% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~0 days

Total

6

Last Release

2595d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

hacktoberfest

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