spdx_checker 0.1.13

Fast SPDX License Checker for Source Code

SPDX License Checker

spdx-checker is a fast Python package for validating and analyzing SPDX license headers in your projects. It leverages Zig for exceptional speed and efficiency. The checker raises an error immediately if any file contains an incorrect or missing license header.

Supported platforms

The wheels published by the GitHub Actions workflow are built with cibuildwheel. The table below lists all supported operating systems and Python versions for the pre-built wheels.

Operating System	Python versions / ABI
macOS (arm64)	3.11, 3.12, 3.13 (cp311, cp312, cp313 — macosx_arm64)
manylinux (x86_64)	3.11, 3.12, 3.13 (cp311, cp312, cp313 — manylinux_x86_64)
musllinux (x86_64)	3.11, 3.12, 3.13 (cp311, cp312, cp313 — musllinux_x86_64)
Windows (amd64)	3.11, 3.12, 3.13 (cp311, cp312, cp313 — win_amd64)

Example Usage

import spdx_checker

spdx_checker.check_license("MIT", ["example1.py", "example2.svelte", "example3.html"])

Development

Issues with uv caching

To force uv to ignore existing installed versions, pass --reinstall to any installation command (e.g., uv sync --reinstall or uv pip install --reinstall ...).

License

MIT