diff --git a/backend/src/database/migrations/U1778154987__addLicenseToRepositories.sql b/backend/src/database/migrations/U1778154987__addLicenseToRepositories.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..32d205e2a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/database/migrations/U1778154987__addLicenseToRepositories.sql
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ALTER TABLE public.repositories DROP COLUMN license;
diff --git a/backend/src/database/migrations/V1778154987__addLicenseToRepositories.sql b/backend/src/database/migrations/V1778154987__addLicenseToRepositories.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a0285f5fea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/database/migrations/V1778154987__addLicenseToRepositories.sql
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ALTER TABLE public.repositories ADD COLUMN license VARCHAR(255);
diff --git a/scripts/services/docker/Dockerfile.git_integration b/scripts/services/docker/Dockerfile.git_integration
index 4c9c371007..3fd1c89a1b 100644
--- a/scripts/services/docker/Dockerfile.git_integration
+++ b/scripts/services/docker/Dockerfile.git_integration
@@ -83,10 +83,17 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
     ca-certificates \
     git \
     ripgrep \
+    ruby \
+    libgit2-1.1 \
+    ruby-dev \
+    build-essential \
+    libgit2-dev \
+    cmake \
+    pkg-config \
     --no-install-recommends \
-    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
-    && apt-get clean \
-    && apt-get autoremove -y
+    && gem install licensee -v '9.15.3' --no-document \
+    && apt-get remove --autoremove -y ruby-dev build-essential libgit2-dev cmake pkg-config \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 \
     PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 \
diff --git a/services/apps/git_integration/src/crowdgit/database/crud.py b/services/apps/git_integration/src/crowdgit/database/crud.py
index 0c48c0d5ac..a3451cc9c9 100644
--- a/services/apps/git_integration/src/crowdgit/database/crud.py
+++ b/services/apps/git_integration/src/crowdgit/database/crud.py
@@ -283,6 +283,17 @@ async def update_last_processed_commit(repo_id: str, commit_hash: str, branch: s
     return str(result)
 
 
+async def update_repository_license(repository_id: str, license_spdx: str | None) -> None:
+    sql_query = """
+    UPDATE public.repositories
+        SET license = $1::varchar,
+        "updatedAt" = NOW()
+    WHERE id = $2
+      AND license IS DISTINCT FROM $1::varchar
+    """
+    await execute(sql_query, (license_spdx, repository_id))
+
+
 async def mark_repo_as_processed(repo_id: str, repo_state: RepositoryState):
     sql_query = """
     UPDATE git."repositoryProcessing"
diff --git a/services/apps/git_integration/src/crowdgit/server.py b/services/apps/git_integration/src/crowdgit/server.py
index 7483680592..9aee058fd3 100644
--- a/services/apps/git_integration/src/crowdgit/server.py
+++ b/services/apps/git_integration/src/crowdgit/server.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 from crowdgit.services import (
     CloneService,
     CommitService,
+    LicenseService,
     MaintainerService,
     QueueService,
     SoftwareValueService,
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ async def lifespan(app: FastAPI) -> AsyncIterator[None]:
     software_value_service = SoftwareValueService()
     vulnerability_scanner_service = VulnerabilityScannerService()
     maintainer_service = MaintainerService()
+    license_service = LicenseService()
 
     worker_task = None
     worker = RepositoryWorker(
@@ -36,6 +38,7 @@ async def lifespan(app: FastAPI) -> AsyncIterator[None]:
         software_value_service=software_value_service,
         vulnerability_scanner_service=vulnerability_scanner_service,
         maintainer_service=maintainer_service,
+        license_service=license_service,
         queue_service=queue_service,
     )
     logger.info("Repo worker initialized")
diff --git a/services/apps/git_integration/src/crowdgit/services/__init__.py b/services/apps/git_integration/src/crowdgit/services/__init__.py
index bb0c4eca39..6f7c2d5051 100644
--- a/services/apps/git_integration/src/crowdgit/services/__init__.py
+++ b/services/apps/git_integration/src/crowdgit/services/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from crowdgit.services.base.base_service import BaseService
 from crowdgit.services.clone.clone_service import CloneService
 from crowdgit.services.commit.commit_service import CommitService
+from crowdgit.services.license.license_service import LicenseService
 from crowdgit.services.maintainer.maintainer_service import MaintainerService
 from crowdgit.services.queue.queue_service import QueueService
 from crowdgit.services.software_value.software_value_service import SoftwareValueService
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@
     "BaseService",
     "CloneService",
     "CommitService",
+    "LicenseService",
     "SoftwareValueService",
     "VulnerabilityScannerService",
     "MaintainerService",
diff --git a/services/apps/git_integration/src/crowdgit/services/license/__init__.py b/services/apps/git_integration/src/crowdgit/services/license/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..be33c0ace6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/apps/git_integration/src/crowdgit/services/license/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from crowdgit.services.license.license_service import LicenseService
+
+__all__ = ["LicenseService"]
diff --git a/services/apps/git_integration/src/crowdgit/services/license/license_service.py b/services/apps/git_integration/src/crowdgit/services/license/license_service.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..92f9375488
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/apps/git_integration/src/crowdgit/services/license/license_service.py
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import json
+
+from crowdgit.errors import CommandExecutionError, CommandTimeoutError
+from crowdgit.services.base.base_service import BaseService
+from crowdgit.services.utils import run_shell_command
+
+
+class LicenseService(BaseService):
+    """Detects SPDX license from a cloned repository using the licensee gem."""
+
+    async def detect(self, repo_path: str) -> str | None:
+        """Run licensee against repo_path and return the SPDX identifier, or None."""
+        try:
+            output = await run_shell_command(
+                ["licensee", "detect", "--json", repo_path], timeout=60
+            )
+        except CommandExecutionError:
+            self.logger.info(f"licensee found no license in {repo_path}")
+            return None
+        except CommandTimeoutError as e:
+            self.logger.warning(f"licensee timed out: {repr(e)}")
+            return None
+        except FileNotFoundError as e:
+            self.logger.warning(f"licensee binary not found in PATH: {repr(e)}")
+            return None
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.logger.warning(f"licensee failed: {repr(e)}")
+            return None
+
+        try:
+            data = json.loads(output)
+            licenses = data.get("licenses") or []
+            matched_files = data.get("matched_files") or []
+            spdx_id = licenses[0].get("spdx_id") if licenses else None
+            confidence = (
+                (matched_files[0].get("matcher") or {}).get("confidence")
+                if matched_files
+                else None
+            )
+            if spdx_id:
+                self.logger.info(
+                    f"License detected: {spdx_id} (confidence={confidence}) in {repo_path}"
+                )
+            else:
+                self.logger.info(f"No SPDX license matched in {repo_path}")
+            return spdx_id
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.logger.warning(f"Failed to parse licensee output: {repr(e)}")
+            return None
diff --git a/services/apps/git_integration/src/crowdgit/worker/repository_worker.py b/services/apps/git_integration/src/crowdgit/worker/repository_worker.py
index d949c58f84..205637bca4 100644
--- a/services/apps/git_integration/src/crowdgit/worker/repository_worker.py
+++ b/services/apps/git_integration/src/crowdgit/worker/repository_worker.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     mark_repo_as_processed,
     release_repo,
     update_last_processed_commit,
+    update_repository_license,
 )
 from crowdgit.enums import RepositoryState
 from crowdgit.errors import (
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@
 from crowdgit.services import (
     CloneService,
     CommitService,
+    LicenseService,
     MaintainerService,
     QueueService,
     SoftwareValueService,
@@ -46,6 +48,7 @@ def __init__(
         software_value_service: SoftwareValueService,
         vulnerability_scanner_service: VulnerabilityScannerService,
         maintainer_service: MaintainerService,
+        license_service: LicenseService,
         queue_service: QueueService,
     ):
         self.clone_service = clone_service
@@ -53,6 +56,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.software_value_service = software_value_service
         self.vulnerability_scanner_service = vulnerability_scanner_service
         self.maintainer_service = maintainer_service
+        self.license_service = license_service
         self.queue_service = queue_service
         self._shutdown = False
 
@@ -159,6 +163,7 @@ def _bind_repository_context(self, repository: Repository, repo_name: str) -> No
             (self.maintainer_service, "maintainer_processing"),
             (self.software_value_service, "software_value_processing"),
             (self.vulnerability_scanner_service, "vulnerability_scan_processing"),
+            (self.license_service, "license_detection"),
             (self.queue_service, "queue_service"),
         ]
 
@@ -174,6 +179,7 @@ def _reset_all_contexts(self) -> None:
             self.maintainer_service,
             self.software_value_service,
             self.vulnerability_scanner_service,
+            self.license_service,
             self.queue_service,
         ]
 
@@ -236,6 +242,8 @@ async def _process_single_repository(self, repository: Repository):
                         repository.id, batch_info.repo_path, repository.url
                     )
                     await self.maintainer_service.process_maintainers(repository, batch_info)
+                    license_spdx = await self.license_service.detect(batch_info.repo_path)
+                    await update_repository_license(repository.id, license_spdx)
                 await self.commit_service.process_single_batch_commits(
                     repository,
                     batch_info,
diff --git a/services/apps/members_enrichment_worker/src/activities/member.ts b/services/apps/members_enrichment_worker/src/activities/member.ts
index 36225a1176..e94b34f6e9 100644
--- a/services/apps/members_enrichment_worker/src/activities/member.ts
+++ b/services/apps/members_enrichment_worker/src/activities/member.ts
@@ -77,15 +77,8 @@ export async function getIdentitiesExistInOtherMembers(
   excludeMemberId: string,
   identities: IMemberIdentity[],
 ): Promise<IMemberIdentity[]> {
-  let rows: IMemberIdentity[] = []
-
-  try {
-    const db = svc.postgres.reader
-    rows = await getIdentitiesExistInOthers(db, excludeMemberId, identities)
-  } catch (err) {
-    throw err
-  }
-
+  const db = svc.postgres.reader
+  const rows = await getIdentitiesExistInOthers(db, excludeMemberId, identities)
   return rows
 }
 
@@ -94,25 +87,21 @@ export async function updateMemberWithEnrichmentData(
   identities: IMemberIdentity[],
   attributes?: IAttributes,
 ): Promise<void> {
-  try {
-    await svc.postgres.writer.connection().tx(async (tx) => {
-      for (const identity of identities) {
-        await createMemberIdentity(new PgPromiseQueryExecutor(tx), {
-          memberId,
-          platform: identity.platform,
-          value: identity.value,
-          type: identity.type,
-          verified: identity.verified || false,
-          source: 'enrichment',
-        })
-      }
-      if (attributes) {
-        await updateMemberAttributes(tx, memberId, attributes)
-      }
-    })
-  } catch (err) {
-    throw err
-  }
+  await svc.postgres.writer.connection().tx(async (tx) => {
+    for (const identity of identities) {
+      await createMemberIdentity(new PgPromiseQueryExecutor(tx), {
+        memberId,
+        platform: identity.platform,
+        value: identity.value,
+        type: identity.type,
+        verified: identity.verified || false,
+        source: 'enrichment',
+      })
+    }
+    if (attributes) {
+      await updateMemberAttributes(tx, memberId, attributes)
+    }
+  })
 }
 
 export async function mergeMembers(
diff --git a/services/libs/data-access-layer/src/repositories/index.ts b/services/libs/data-access-layer/src/repositories/index.ts
index d0960fe6cc..8f1ca19f60 100644
--- a/services/libs/data-access-layer/src/repositories/index.ts
+++ b/services/libs/data-access-layer/src/repositories/index.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ export interface IRepository {
   updatedAt: string
   deletedAt: string | null
   lastArchivedCheckAt: string | null
+  license: string | null
 }
 
 export interface ICreateRepository {
@@ -148,7 +149,8 @@ export async function getRepositoriesBySourceIntegrationId(
       "createdAt",
       "updatedAt",
       "deletedAt",
-      "lastArchivedCheckAt"
+      "lastArchivedCheckAt",
+      license
     FROM public.repositories
     WHERE "sourceIntegrationId" = $(sourceIntegrationId)
       AND "deletedAt" IS NULL
@@ -190,7 +192,8 @@ export async function getRepositoriesByUrl(
       "createdAt",
       "updatedAt",
       "deletedAt",
-      "lastArchivedCheckAt"
+      "lastArchivedCheckAt",
+      license
     FROM public.repositories
     WHERE url IN ($(repoUrls:csv))
     ${deletedFilter}