You have hundreds of dependencies. Where does the license risk actually come from?
Most license tools list problems.
Codicense explains cause and impact.
The Situation Every Developer Faces
Your project has hundreds of dependencies.
Your scanner reports 23 conflicts.
The questions it won't answer:
Most tools don't know. Codicense does.
What Makes Codicense Different
Codicense doesn't just scan dependencies. It traces cause, measures impact, and ranks fixes.
Trace How Risk Enters
See exactly where a conflict originated and how it propagated.
Understand Which Dependencies Matter Most
See which packages contribute the largest share of license risk.
See How Changes Affect Risk
Compare options before making a decision.
Fits Into Real Workflows
Works in logs, PRs, audits, and screenshots.
Local Development
Find the root cause before it becomes a blocker.
Codicense shows where license risk enters your project and which dependency is responsible, while you are still coding.
$ codicense scan23 conflicts found. 3 high priority.
CI/CD Pipeline
Prevent license regressions automatically.
Codicense fits cleanly into CI to stop new high-risk dependencies from being introduced without adding noise or dashboards.
$ codicense scan --fail-on critical,highOnly meaningful changes fail the build.
Pull Request Reviews
Explain risk clearly to reviewers and legal.
Codicense generates concise summaries that make license risk understandable in PRs without requiring context switching.
$ codicense scan --format summaryReviewers see: what changed · why it matters · what fixes are available
Compliance Audits
Produce evidence without rework.
Codicense exports machine-readable SBOMs with license context for audits and supply chain requirements.
$ codicense scan --format sbom > sbom.jsonNo rescans. No manual reconstruction.
The same reasoning, wherever license risk shows up.
What Codicense Is (and Isn't)
What It Is
Shows cause and propagation
See where risk enters and how it spreads.
Provides evidence for decisions
Paths, context, and tradeoffs you can inspect.
Behaves like infrastructure
Local, deterministic, no accounts needed.
Supports judgment, not replaces it
Surfaces options. You decide.
What It Isn't
Not a cloud service
No accounts. No uploads. No lock-in.
Not a black box
Every result and score is inspectable.
Not a compliance gate
Information, not authority.
Not legal advice
Structure and evidence. Decisions are yours.
Compare: Other Tools vs. Codicense
| Feature | Other Tools | Codicense |
|---|---|---|
| Detect conflicts | ✓ | ✓ |
| Show contamination path | ✗ | ✓ |
| Rank by causal impact | ✗ | ✓ |
| Suggest upgrade-first fixes | ✗ | ✓ |
| Explain license obligations | ✗ | ✓ |
| Works offline | ✗ | ✓ |
| Deterministic results | ✗ | ✓ |
| Free & open source | Some | ✓ |
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Codicense is Apache-2.0 licensed.