CLA Automation
Every pull request,
CLA-cleared.
Cohorto automates contributor license agreement collection and auditing — so your open-source program office never blocks a merge waiting on legal review.
Manual CLA tracking stalls every open-source program
of enterprise OSPOs manually track CLA status in spreadsheets
average delay per contributor waiting on legal sign-off
open-source audits fails due to incomplete CLA records
From contributor to compliant in one workflow
01
Connect Your Org
Connect your GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket org in minutes. No code changes needed.
02
Auto-detect Contributors
Cohorto auto-detects new contributors on every PR — no manual enrollment.
03
CLA Request Sent
CLA signature request sent and tracked in-thread — contributor signs without leaving GitHub.
04
PR Unblocked
PR merge unblocked the moment all contributors sign — green check, merge.
Built for legal precision at engineering scale
PR-level CLA gating
Block or warn on every pull request automatically. No manual tracking.
Custom CLA templates
Upload your legal team's exact CLA language. Cohorto handles the collection workflow.
Audit-ready history
Full timestamped record of every signature, version, and override. Export to PDF for legal review.
Version management
Update your CLA and automatically identify contributors who need to re-sign.
Org-level contributor map
See CLA status across all repos and contributors in a single dashboard.
Webhook API
Integrate CLA status into your existing CI/CD pipeline via webhook or REST API.
The compliance dashboard your legal team will actually use
Real-time CLA status across every contributor and repo. Export audit reports in one click. No spreadsheet juggling, no manual follow-ups.
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From OSPO leads and engineering counsel
We went from chasing signatures in email threads to a fully automated flow. Every new contributor to our open-source stack is tracked the moment they open a PR.
Cohorto's audit export saved us hours during our last IP due diligence review. The legal team could see the full CLA history for every contributor in one document.
Our engineers stopped getting blocked on CLA status and our OSPO stopped being the bottleneck. That alone was worth it.