diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 634b73ac94..d19c5a102a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 /crates/collab/seed.json
 /crates/zed/resources/flatpak/flatpak-cargo-sources.json
 /dev.zed.Zed*.json
-/assets/*licenses.md
+/assets/*licenses.*
 **/venv
 .build
 *.wasm
diff --git a/script/generate-licenses b/script/generate-licenses
index 43b2f5c458..9602813f0c 100755
--- a/script/generate-licenses
+++ b/script/generate-licenses
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ set -euo pipefail
 
 CARGO_ABOUT_VERSION="0.6.1"
 OUTPUT_FILE="${1:-$(pwd)/assets/licenses.md}"
+TEMPLATE_FILE="script/licenses/template.md.hbs"
 
 > $OUTPUT_FILE
 
@@ -23,7 +24,10 @@ else
 fi
 
 echo "Generating cargo licenses"
-cargo about generate --fail -c script/licenses/zed-licenses.toml script/licenses/template.hbs.md >> $OUTPUT_FILE
+cargo about generate \
+    --fail \
+    -c script/licenses/zed-licenses.toml \
+    "${TEMPLATE_FILE}" >> $OUTPUT_FILE
 
 
 sed -i.bak 's/"/"/g' $OUTPUT_FILE
diff --git a/script/generate-licenses-csv b/script/generate-licenses-csv
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..63bfee83a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/generate-licenses-csv
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+CARGO_ABOUT_VERSION="0.6.1"
+OUTPUT_FILE="${1:-$(pwd)/assets/licenses.csv}"
+TEMPLATE_FILE="script/licenses/template.csv.hbs"
+
+if ! cargo install --list | grep "cargo-about v$CARGO_ABOUT_VERSION" > /dev/null; then
+  echo "Installing cargo-about@$CARGO_ABOUT_VERSION..."
+  cargo install "cargo-about@$CARGO_ABOUT_VERSION"
+else
+  echo "cargo-about@$CARGO_ABOUT_VERSION is already installed."
+fi
+
+echo "Generating cargo licenses"
+cargo about generate \
+    --fail \
+    -c script/licenses/zed-licenses.toml \
+    script/licenses/template.csv.hbs \
+    | awk 'NR==1{print;next} NF{print | "sort"}' \
+    > $OUTPUT_FILE
+echo "Completed. See $OUTPUT_FILE"
diff --git a/script/licenses/template.csv.hbs b/script/licenses/template.csv.hbs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1459aa648d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/licenses/template.csv.hbs
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+Crate Name,Crate Version,License,Url
+{{#each licenses}}
+{{#each used_by}}
+{{crate.name}},{{crate.version}},{{../name}},{{#if crate.repository}}{{crate.repository}}{{else}}https://crates.io/crates/{{crate.name}}{{/if}}
+{{/each}}
+{{/each}}
diff --git a/script/licenses/template.hbs.md b/script/licenses/template.md.hbs
similarity index 100%
rename from script/licenses/template.hbs.md
rename to script/licenses/template.md.hbs