Licence
Free software, source included
Hostpanel is published by Innovayse under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0.
Hostpanel
You may use, study, change and share it. If you run a modified version for other people over a network, you must offer them that version's source under the same licence.
- No licence fee per client or per server.
- Changes you make to the panel stay open to the people who use it.
Plugin SDK
Hostpanel.Sdk, the package plugins are built on, is a separate project under the MIT licence.
View the SDK source (opens in a new tab)In plain words
What the licence lets you do
The panel is free software. Using it costs nothing, and the few conditions exist to keep it free for everyone.
You can
- Use it for any purpose, including a paying business
- Read and study the whole source
- Change it to fit your needs
- Share your changes with others
- Host it yourself with no licence fee
You must
- Offer your users the source of a modified version if you run it as a network service
- Keep modified versions under the same licence
- Keep the copyright and licence notices
Who it concerns
Operators, plugin authors and contributors
The same licence reads a little differently depending on what you do with Hostpanel.
If you run Hostpanel
Run it as it is and you have nothing to publish. Change it and serve it to other people, and those people can ask for your source.
Operator guideIf you write a plugin
The SDK is under MIT. A plugin built on it may be free or paid, open or closed source, as you decide.
Read the SDK licence(opens in a new tab)If you contribute
Start with the contribution guide, and pick an issue marked as a good first issue.
Contribution guideFAQ
Licence questions
Is there a fee for clients or servers?
No. There is no licence fee per client or per server.
Can I sell hosting with it?
Yes. Commercial use is allowed.
Do I have to publish my changes?
Only if you run a modified version as a network service for other people. Then you must offer them that version's source under the same licence.
Do my plugins have to be open source?
No. The SDK is under MIT, so a plugin may be closed source and paid.
Which parts are under MIT?
The plugin SDK, Hostpanel.Sdk. Everything else in the repository stays under AGPL-3.0 or later.
Is this legal advice?
No. This page is a summary. The licence texts in the repositories are what applies.
This page is a summary. The licence texts in the repositories are what applies.