NodeSecure / NodeSecure/scanner

Improve conformance license detection

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enhancement hard help wanted
Dominant language
TypeScript
Stars
40
Forks
23
Avg merge
23h 23m
Merged PRs (30d)
2

Description

The current license detection is not perfect and may miss many licenses within the ecosystem. In the past I used to run scanner for thousands of packages with https://github.com/fraxken/nsf-nodesecure

My idea on this topic is to re-analyze real-ecosystem cases and use them to improve detection / the implementation.

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Research direction

Start by reviewing the scanner's current license-detection implementation and compare its behavior with real ecosystem cases from the NodeSecure scanner workflow. The issue points to fraxken/nsf-nodesecure as a source for prior scanning experience. Done should mean broader, validated license detection, but the target cases and implementation entry points are not specified.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
nodejs, typescript
Domain
security, tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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