telescope-software-licenses.nvim

This telescope.nvim extension allows you to view common software licenses and paste them into a buffer.

Attribution for licenses: https://spdx.org/licenses/

Currently supports hundreds of licenses via spdx/license-list-data that spdx.org maintains.

DEMO

REQUIREMENTS

• Neovim (v0.6.0)
• telescope.nvim (required)
• Only tested on MacOS 11.6.1 and Tahoe 26.2 on M2

INSTALL

You can install the extension by using your plugin manager of choice or by cloning this repository somewhere on your filepath, and then adding the following somewhere after telescope in your configuration file.

USING Lazy

{
  "chip/telescope-software-licenses.nvim",
  dependencies = { "nvim-telescope/telescope.nvim", },
},

SETUP

MIGRATION WARNING

If you're upgrading to version v2.0.0, please note that the extension name was changed from software-licenses to software_licenses.

COMMANDS

:Telescope software_licenses find

KEY MAPPINGS

" Replace <Leader>sl with whatever you prefer
nnoremap <Leader>sl :Telescope software_licenses find<CR>

HEALTH CHECK

:checkhealth software_licenses

Or use the default health check:

:checkhealth

Do you need assistance choosing a license?

Check out https://creativecommons.org/chooser/