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FOSSology

Open Source License Compliance by OSS

FOSSology is an open source license compliance software system and toolkit. As a toolkit you can run license, copyright and export control scans from the command line. As a system, a database and web UI are provided to give you a compliance workflow. License, copyright and export scanners are tools used in the workflow.

python
postgresql
c/c++
go
php

automation
spdx
license compliance
nlp
compliance automation

Project ideas

Its ideas page could not be split into separate ideas; read it yourself.

Read the ideas page. Ideas are for scope reference; never copy one into a proposal.

History

In GSoC since 2018, 9 years. Projects per year: '18: 1, '19: 3, '20: 3, '21: 7, '22: 6, '23: 5, '24: 7, '25: 10, '26: 7.

On GitHub

11 repositories pushed to in the last year. Main languages: Python (5), HTML (3), JavaScript (2), Go (1).

Links and channels

Website: https://fossology.org
Ideas page: https://github.com/fossology/fossology/discussions/3267
Source code: https://github.com/fossology/fossology
Mailing list: fossology-devel@fossology.org
Chat: https://fossology.slack.com/

go deeper in your terminal

git-into-gsoc org "FOSSology" --shortlist
git-into-gsoc repos "FOSSology"
git-into-gsoc issues --org "FOSSology"

or ask your assistant:
"Which FOSSology repositories merge
newcomers' pull requests, and which beginner
issues are still free?"

Those commands read live data: which repositories merge outside pull requests, and which beginner issues nobody has claimed. Install in two minutes.