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1 min readUpdated Jul 9, 2026
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Regular Expression Syntax for Custom License and Keyword Searches

Custom License and Keyword Searches use version 1.

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Custom-License and Keyword Searches

FOSSA offers the ability to search your codebase using regular expressions and to report matches.

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First-Party License Scans

First-party license scans allow you to find licenses in your project's code.

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Manually specifying dependencies

FOSSA offers a way to manually upload dependencies provided we support the dependency type.

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Snippet Scanning

Enterprise

Snippet scanning identifies potential open source code snippets within your first-party source code by comparing file fingerprints against FOSSA's knowledge …

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Strategy command selection

In some strategies, FOSSA CLI uses actual package managers or build tools in order to analyze the dependencies of a project.

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Vendetta

Vendetta is the name of FOSSA's vendored dependency identification feature.

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License scanning local dependencies

FOSSA offers the ability to license scan your code directly.

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