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24 alternatives to Lycense

A license generator without dependencies, written in Python.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Lycense launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Import CSV to PostgreSQL, generate a mock API, and 20+ more

    2021 · retool.com · its alternatives →

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    Keygen is a powerful software licensing API for desktop apps, on-premise software and other software products written in Go, Rust, JS, C/C++, C#, Swift, Java, Kotlin and more.

    2017 · keygen.sh · its alternatives →

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    Keygen▲252

    A dead-simple software licensing API built for developers

    2016 · keygen.sh · its alternatives →

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    Opengrep▲340

    The open source code security engine

    2025 · opengrep.dev · its alternatives →

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    Hey! I'm Miles, I built this tool to be a fast and reliable solution for generating licenses on the CLI. Licensing has always been a point of stress for me, with how much is at stake. If I copy one from the wrong website, the version I download is the wrong one, or any number of mishaps, my whole code is at risk. We see this fiasco play out all the time. We shake our saddened heads and go on. No longer! Lichen is designed to generate licenses sensibly with three words on the CLI. `lic gen MIT`. Or in a `.lichen.toml` in your project root. Add authors/maintainers with --authors, date it…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Free & open source security scanner for developers

    2023 · cycode.com · its alternatives →

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    Open Source License Key Generation and Verification Tool written in Go - furkansenharputlu/f-license

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    SonarQube provides advanced SAST, SCA & secrets detection to secure your SDLC. Scan 40+ languages for vulnerabilities. Start your free trial today.

    2016 · dependencyci.com · its alternatives →

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    Keydock▲133

    Painless license key generation for products you develop.

    2018 · keydock.app · its alternatives →

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    ⚖️ ✔️ licensed is an interactive command line tool to help you choose and add licenses to your projects - plibither8/licensed

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    I just published a bidirectional code generation library. Afaik it's the first of its kind, and it opens up a lot of possibilities for cool new types of dev tools. The PoC is for ruby, but the concept is very portable. https://blog.luitjes.it/posts/monocle-bidirectional-code-gen...

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    We believe that AI should be fully open source and part of the collective knowledge. The original LLaMA code is GPL licensed which means any project using it must also be released under GPL. This "taints" any other code and prevents meaningful academic and commercial use. Lit-LLaMA solves that for good.

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Software Licenses in Plain English

    2014 · tldrlegal.com · its alternatives →

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    openlicr: Your open-source license guide.

    2025 · its alternatives →

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    A curated database of insecure Python packages. Contribute to pyupio/safety-db development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Satta▲64

    A note taking tool where developers can run Python scripts

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    Effortless dependency compliance with your license policies

    2020 · its alternatives →

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    Types generator for your Bun.sql queries. Contribute to ilbertt/bun-sqlgen development by creating an account on GitHub.

    Jun 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Cross-platform CLI tool for generating open-source licenses.

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    fast, rust based epub library for python. Contribute to arc53/fast-ebook development by creating an account on GitHub.

    Apr 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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