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---
- title: "Audit Go dependency licenses with go-licenses"
+ name: "Audit Go dependency licenses with go-licenses"
+ slug: "audit-go-dependency-licenses-with-go-licenses"
description: "Produce a license inventory for Go module dependencies before release, procurement review, or open-source due diligence."
+ github_stars: 992
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/google/go-licenses"
author: "Google"
publisher_type: "organization"
- category:
- - "Security & Verification"
- framework:
- - "Multi-Framework"
+ category: "Security & Verification"
+ framework: "Multi-Framework"
tool_ecosystem:
github_repo: "google/go-licenses"
github_stars: 992
---
# Audit Go dependency licenses with go-licenses
Produce a license inventory for Go module dependencies before release, procurement review, or open-source due diligence.
## Prerequisites
Go, go-licenses
## Installation
- Choose whichever fits your setup:
-
- 1. Copy this skill folder into your local skills directory.
- 2. Clone the repo and symlink or copy the skill into your agent workspace.
- 3. Add the repo as a git submodule if you manage shared skills centrally.
- 4. Install it through your internal provisioning or packaging workflow.
- 5. Download the folder directly from GitHub and place it in your skills collection.
+ Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
+ - git clone git@github.com:google/go-licenses.git
+ - go install github.com/google/go-licenses/v2@latest
- Install command or upstream instructions:
+ Basic usage or getting-started notes:
+ - Change directory to your go project, **for example**:
+ - Use the following command to download and install this tool:
+ - shell
- ```
- Install `go-licenses`, run it against a Go module, and review the generated dependency license output before release or dependency approval.
- ```
+ - Source: https://github.com/google/go-licenses
+ - Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/google/go-licenses/HEAD/README.md
## Documentation
- https://github.com/google/go-licenses
## Source
- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/audit-go-dependency-licenses-with-go-licenses/)