License Picker
Answer a few questions to find the right open source license for your project.
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About this tool
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Answer 5 questions
Choose your preferences about commercial use, copyleft, patents, and simplicity.
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Get recommendation
The tool recommends the best license based on your answers.
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Copy LICENSE file
Copy the full license text with your name and year pre-filled.
- MIT is the most popular open source license - simple and permissive.
- GPL v3 requires anyone who distributes your code to also share their modifications.
- Apache 2.0 includes explicit patent protection, which MIT does not.
- 5-question wizard
- Recommends from 11 popular licenses
- Permissions/conditions/limitations grid
- Copy LICENSE file with name/year
- Badge markdown for README
- Choosing a license for a new open source project
- Understanding the differences between MIT, GPL, and Apache
- Adding a LICENSE file to your repository