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License Generator

Pick a license, fill in the year and copyright holder, and copy the full text with a comparison table of permissions and conditions.

Generate a license file

License: MIT · Characters: 0 · Lines: 0
MIT is a short permissive license that only asks you to keep the copyright notice.
Save the generated text as LICENSE in the root of your project. For GPL, LGPL and MPL the tool writes the official notice and points to the full text.

How to use the License Generator

  1. Choose a license from the list and enter the copyright year and holder.
  2. Add the project name so the notice in the generated text is complete.
  3. Copy the license text into a file named LICENSE at the root of your project.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about the free online license generator.

Pick a license, type the year and the copyright holder, then copy the text into a file named LICENSE in your project.
MIT, Apache 2.0, BSD 2-Clause, BSD 3-Clause, GPL 3.0, LGPL 3.0, MPL 2.0, the Unlicense and ISC.
No. The year comes from the box you type in, so you can use a single year or a range such as 2024-2026.
Yes. MIT only asks that the copyright notice and the permission notice stay with all copies or substantial portions.
MIT, ISC, BSD, Apache 2.0, MPL 2.0 and the Unlicense all allow commercial use. GPL and LGPL add copyleft duties.
MIT is permissive and lets you keep changes closed. GPL is copyleft, so distributed derivatives must stay under the GPL.
It lists the permissions you get, the conditions you must meet and the limitations such as warranty and liability disclaimers.
Yes. Every license offered here disclaims warranties, so the software is provided as is without any guarantee.
Yes. The generator is free, works offline in your browser and stores nothing about what you type.
They reproduce the standard texts, with a short notice in place of the very long appendix for GPL, LGPL and MPL.

Last updated: October 10, 2026