Today marks a big change to the Dokploy’s licensing. We’re replacing our adapted open source license with an industry-standard open source license. Paired with that, we’re releasing a source-available enterprise license for future paid functionality.
- Replace Old License: Our old license was an adapted version of the Apache License 2.0, which caused confusion. We are replacing it with a non-adapted version.
- Apache License 2.0: All current features of Dokploy are now officially licensed under the Apache License 2.0.
- Dokploy Source Available License: We have created a source-available license where, in the future, we’ll publish advanced paid functionality.
Why we’re doing this
We want to make Dokploy’s licensing clearer and easier to navigate. To date, the repository has been primarily Apache 2.0, but also included additional terms for certain components that were not always easy to interpret. As a result, people have naturally asked questions such as:
- Which parts of Dokploy are truly open source?
- Which parts are restricted, and do those restrictions apply to my use case?
- How should contributors think about licensing when submitting PRs?
Since our license was not standard, the answers to those questions were open to interpretation – which isn’t ideal for users, contributors, or the project itself. Moving to an unmodified Apache 2.0 license resolves those questions. Everything under this license can be used, modified, and distributed freely.
We’re also introducing the Dokploy Source Available License, which will enable us to publish future functionality that requires a paid license to use in production. This step follows the example of other commercial open source companies by introducing a licensing model often referred to as Open Core or Dual Licensing.
Organizations looking for advanced features, whitelabeling, or dedicated support have a way to work with us. If that’s you, we’re excited to start working together! Please reach out to us via our contact form.
What this will mean for Dokploy
Apache License 2.0
The entire current codebase is now open source under the Apache License 2.0. This major upgrade means more of the product is truly open source.
We’re not removing any existing features or moving current open-source code into the Dokploy Source Available License. Additionally, we commit to never moving functionality from our open source license to our paid license.
Dokploy Source Available License
Future complex features used by larger organizations will be published as source-available components.
Since it’s source-available, anyone will still be able to see the code, test it, and contribute to it. Using it in production requires a paid license.