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Show licence in `gleam deps list`

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#5515 opened on Mar 26, 2026

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Description

In this issue https://github.com/gleam-lang/gleam/issues/4219 you said it would be nice to show licences and a link to hexdiff when doing gleam deps list. So I opened a separate issue for that. Do you have any ideas on how these information could be presented?

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Tech stack
rust
Domain
clideveloper experience
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
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half day
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fresh
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
needs investigation
Prerequisites
Familiarity with Gleam CLIBasic Rust knowledge
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
60
Research direction
Start by examining the current implementation of `gleam deps list` in the repository, likely in a file like `src/gleam/deps.rs`. Understand how dependencies and their versions are fetched and displayed. Then explore the Hex.pm API to see how to fetch license information for each package. Finally, propose a design for how to add the license column to the output, possibly with a link to hexdiff.