Craft CMS
CMS for bespoke websites where the content model is built to fit your needs.
Building on it: what may you do?
Short answers based on the licence, for the version in the catalog.
- B1 Change the code for internal use in your company Yes, with conditions Usually, for internal use. Check the terms.
- B2 Build your own product or service on top and offer it to customers as SaaS No Usually no for a service that competes with the vendor, without an agreement.
- B3 Make a closed-source derivative and sell or distribute it No No, not without an agreement with the vendor.
- B4 Use the project's name and trademark No No, not without permission. The licence covers the code, not the name or logo.
This is guidance, not legal advice. Check with a lawyer before deciding.
The licence in brief
Craft License (Pixel & Tonic) (LicenseRef-Craft-License)
Source-available vendor licence. You may use, modify and distribute the code, but each licensed copy may run in only one production environment, the licensing features must not be circumvented, and payment is due when the software asks for it. Not open source.
What does LicenseRef-Craft-License mean?
This is guidance, not legal advice (inte juridisk rådgivning). Check with a lawyer before deciding.
Facts
- Licence
- LicenseRef-Craft-License
- Licence type
- Source-available (not OSI)
- Open core
- No
- GitHub stars
- 3.6k
- Latest activity
- Deployment
- Server
- Login/SSO
- Unknown
- API
- Unknown
- Multi-tenant
- Unknown
- EU vendor
- Unknown
- Source code
- github.com/craftcms/cms
- Source
- GitHub API, fetched 2026-10-03
Licence analysis per use case
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