REUSE Tool
6.0#19 in open source license compliance softwareFree planFree planAPILinuxSelf-hostedWindows
Visit| Fact | REUSE Tool | SourceTrust |
|---|---|---|
| Purpose | REUSE provides recommendations and tools to make Free Software licensing easy, comprehensive, unambiguous, and machine-readable. | SourceTrust helps teams review third-party software licenses and publish a shareable license compliance page for products they ship. |
| Support | Users can report issues and feature requests on GitHub, and the [email protected] mailing list is available for discussion and support. | SourceTrust offers a live walkthrough and lists [email protected] for platform questions. |
REUSE Tool suits software developers and teams that need to organize and check licensing information in their own projects. It may be especially useful for projects that want licensing checks in CI/CD or pre-commit workflows.
SourceTrust suits teams that need to review dependencies and publish license compliance information for shipped products. Eligible public GitHub projects may qualify for its free publishing option; it is software tooling, not legal advice.