DejaCode vs REUSE Tool

DejaCode is an enterprise application for managing open-source license compliance and software supply-chain integrity across products and teams. It tracks open-source and third-party components, with unlimited products, components, and packages in each plan. Teams can store and manage SBOMs, retain historical records for audits, and import CycloneDX, SPDX, or AboutFile formats. Usage policies can be set at license or package level and linked with ScanCode; enforcement is advisory. Integrations include GitHub, GitLab, Jira Cloud, SourceHut, and Forgejo, with REST API and webhook options for other services. AboutCode connections include ScanCode.io for package scanning, PurlDB, and VulnerableCode for vulnerability data. Deployment documentation covers Docker, enterprise, and local development setups. For enterprise deployments, the guidance recommends running your own related service instances to avoid sending sensitive or private data to public endpoints. Team starts at $500 a month and Business at $1,500 a month, each billed annually at the start of the subscription period. Enterprise pricing is custom and not listed. A private evaluation instance with all features and support is available for 30 days.

REUSE Tool helps software projects keep their own Free Software licensing information complete and machine-readable. Its command-line tools can download full license texts, add copyright and license details to file headers, and lint projects for problems. It can generate a software bill of materials with a command, while the REUSE API displays ongoing compliance status and can provide a badge and JSON output. Teams can run checks in CI/CD workflows such as Drone, Woodpecker CI, Forgejo Actions, GitHub Actions and Docker-based setups. A pre-commit hook can run linting at each Git commit and stop the commit if it reports an error. Installation options include Debian and Fedora packages, pipx, pip and source; Python 3.10 or newer is required. The tool is free, needs no registration and can be used offline. Its scope does not include checking whether a project complies with the licenses of its dependencies. The source code is GPL-3.0-or-later, documentation is CC-BY-SA-4.0, and some configuration and data files are CC0-1.0.