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license-checker

Check license info for a package

v25.0.1, 10 Jan 2019BSD-3-ClauseCommonJSTypes: NoneCLI tools and terminal utilities
$ npm install license-checker
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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
694.6k
+22% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
10
Direct, from package.json
Last release
7 years ago
v25.0.1
GitHub stars
1.7k
223 forks
Open issues / PRs
75 / 22
Contributors
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
0

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
0500k1m1.5mSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 1.1m (28 Jul 2026)Low 332.2k (23 Dec 2025)
Weekly npm downloads, one point per week, weeks starting 23 Sept 2025 to 15 Sept 2026. The y axis starts at zero.

694,559 downloads last week, 3,639,078 in the last month. The 12-month change of +22% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months
074 in total
Latest version
25.0.1, 10 Jan 20197 years ago
First published
14 Jan 2013
Last push to GitHub
29 Jan 2024969 days before the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
75
Open pull requests
22
Commits, last 52 weeks
0
Dependents on npm
164

Major versions

  1. v25 first release 25.0.0, 10 Jan 2019
  2. v24 first release 24.0.0, 9 Oct 2018
  3. v23 first release 23.0.0, 9 Oct 2018
  4. v22 first release 22.0.0, 8 Oct 2018
  5. v21 first release 21.0.0, 6 Oct 2018
  6. v20 first release 20.0.0, 17 May 2018
  7. v19 first release 19.0.0, 30 Apr 2018
  8. v18 first release 18.0.0, 20 Mar 2018
  9. v17 first release 17.0.0, 19 Mar 2018
  10. v16 first release 16.0.0, 18 Jan 2018
  11. v15 first release 15.0.0, 19 Oct 2017
  12. v14 first release 14.0.0, 28 Aug 2017
  13. v13 first release 13.0.0, 14 Jul 2017
  14. v12 first release 12.0.0, 5 Jul 2017
  15. v11 first release 11.0.0, 30 May 2017
  16. v10 first release 10.0.0, 17 May 2017
  17. v9 first release 9.0.0, 4 Apr 2017
  18. v8 first release 8.0.0, 9 Sept 2016
  19. v7 first release 7.0.0, 6 Sept 2016
  20. v6 first release 6.0.0, 26 Aug 2016
  21. v5 first release 5.0.0, 22 Jan 2016
  22. v4 first release 4.0.0, 4 Sept 2015
  23. v3 first release 3.0.0, 24 Apr 2015
  24. v2 first release 2.0.0, 4 Dec 2014
  25. v1 first release 1.0.0, 21 Nov 2014
  26. v0 first release 0.0.1, 14 Jan 2013

Recent releases

VersionPublished
25.0.110 Jan 2019
25.0.010 Jan 2019
24.1.014 Dec 2018
24.0.111 Oct 2018
24.0.09 Oct 2018
23.0.09 Oct 2018
22.0.08 Oct 2018
21.0.06 Oct 2018
20.2.030 Jul 2018
20.1.07 Jun 2018
20.0.017 May 2018
19.0.030 Apr 2018
18.1.030 Apr 2018
18.0.020 Mar 2018

Compatibility

Module format
CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
None
Node.js engine range
Not declared
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
141 kB
Dependencies (10)
noptchalkdebugmkdirpsemvertreeifyspdx-correctread-installedspdx-satisfiesspdx-expression-parse

Install

npm install license-checker

CDN

  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/license-checker@25.0.1/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/license-checker@25.0.1/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/license-checker@25.0.1

Alternatives

PackageWeekly downloadsGzipLast releaseModuleComparison
license-checker-rseidelsohn358.2k-3 months agoESM only-
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.