Pick a license, enter your name and year, then copy or download the full LICENSE text.
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Pick a license, enter your name and year, then copy or download the full LICENSE text.
How it works
Choose a license from the dropdown (MIT, Apache-2.0, GPL-3.0, BSD-3-Clause, ISC, Unlicense, or MPL-2.0).
Enter the copyright holder name and the year.
Review the generated license text on the right.
Click "Copy" to copy the text, or "Download" to save it as a LICENSE file.
Use cases
Add a LICENSE file to a new open-source repository.
Compare the permissions and conditions of different licenses before choosing one.
Generate license text for a fork or vendored dependency.
Quickly regenerate a LICENSE file with an updated year for a new release.
Produce license text for internal tooling or scripts without an internet connection.
Frequently Asked Questions
MIT and ISC are short and permissive with almost no restrictions. Apache-2.0 adds an explicit patent grant. GPL-3.0 is copyleft and requires derivative works to stay open source. BSD-3-Clause is close to MIT with an added non-endorsement clause. MPL-2.0 is a weaker copyleft that applies file by file. Unlicense dedicates the code to the public domain. This tool does not give legal advice; consult a lawyer for anything beyond a personal or small project.
No. MIT, BSD-3-Clause, and ISC include a copyright line with your name and year. Apache-2.0, GPL-3.0, and MPL-2.0 use the same official text for everyone, so your name is not inserted into the LICENSE file itself. Unlicense has no copyright line at all since it is a public domain dedication.
Each license uses the official text published by its steward: the Free Software Foundation for GPL-3.0, the Apache Software Foundation for Apache-2.0, the Mozilla Foundation for MPL-2.0, and the standard templates used by GitHub and OSI for the rest.
Yes. The output is a plain text box you can edit before copying or downloading. Note that GPL-3.0, Apache-2.0, and MPL-2.0 require redistributing the license unmodified if you want to claim compliance with that license.
No. Everything runs in your browser. Nothing you type is sent to a server or stored anywhere.
