# Install licensed with Homebrew, Nix Cache and verify the licenses of dependencies. Version 5.1.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-13. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:licensed ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install licensed ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#licensed ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/li/licensed/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:licensed - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 5.1.0 - **Source summary:** Cache and verify the licenses of dependencies - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-13T23:35:01+02:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - licensed (cli) - licensed (alias) ## Dependencies - libgit2 - ruby ## Build dependencies - cmake - pkgconf ## Uses from macOS - libxml2 - libxslt ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 5.1.0 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-13 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/licensee/licensed - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage Licensed is a Ruby command-line tool for caching dependency license texts and checking them against repository policy. It sits in the GitHub Licensee ecosystem: Licensee detects license text, while Licensed records and verifies the dependency-level results that package managers expose. ### Project history The public GitHub repository was created on 2018-02-02 under GitHub's license tooling namespace and later moved under the licensee organization. The README describes the project as a Ruby gem and warns that it is not a complete open-source compliance solution. The changelog shows the project evolving through compatibility-driven releases: v3 added migration guidance for self-contained builds, v4 removed self-contained executable releases and older Go support, and v5 required Ruby 3.0 or newer. ### Adoption history Licensed became useful to repositories that wanted license checks in development and continuous integration without manually inspecting every transitive dependency. Its source enumerators cover multiple language ecosystems, and its Homebrew formula made the Ruby CLI easy to install on macOS. ### How it is used A project adds a .licensed.yml file, runs Licensed to cache dependency records, and then runs status or verification commands to catch newly introduced, stale, or disallowed dependency licenses. ### Why package nerds care Licensed is package-nerd notable because it treats license review as package metadata that can be cached, diffed, and enforced in CI. It also shows the practical boundary between SPDX-style license identification and the messy package-manager work of finding dependency sources. ### Timeline - 2018-02-02: GitHub repository created. - 2022-03-17: v3.6.0 changelog entry adds getting-started documentation and npm-workspaces support. - 2023: v4.0.0 changelog entry removes self-contained executable releases and adds CocoaPods and Gradle multi-project support. - 2024: v5.0.0 changelog entry requires Ruby 3.0 or newer. - 2025: v5.0.3 changelog entry adds pnpm v9 support. ### Related projects - Related projects include Licensee for license detection, SPDX license data, and other dependency-license scanners such as LicenseFinder. ### Sources - - - - - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Configuration files - Unix: ./.licensed.yml ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** licensed - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - licensed: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/li/licensed/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Package publisher tools](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/package-publishers/) - Belongs to a package publishing or registry command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [libgit2](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/libgit2/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [ruby](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ruby/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [cmake](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cmake/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [licensefinder](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/licensefinder/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dependencies, developer-tools, license-compliance, licenses. - [licenseplist](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/licenseplist/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, license-compliance, licenses. - [license-eye](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/license-eye/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, license-compliance. - [licensor](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/licensor/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, license-compliance. - [anycable-go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/anycable-go/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, ruby. - [brew-gem](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/brew-gem/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, ruby. - [cargo-chef](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cargo-chef/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dependencies, developer-tools. - [cargo-edit](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cargo-edit/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dependencies, developer-tools. - [cargo-outdated](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cargo-outdated/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, dependencies, developer, developer-tools, libgit2. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/licensed.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/licensed.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph