MIT License
Do whatever you want. Just keep the copyright notice.
Commercial use
✓ Yes
Modify
✓ Yes
Distribute
✓ Yes
Must open source changes
✗ No
Must attribute
✓ Yes
Patent grant
✗ No
What this license means
The MIT License is the most popular open source license. It lets you use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and sell the software — with essentially no restrictions. The only requirement is that you include the original copyright notice and license text in any copy or substantial portion of the software.
When you encounter this license
Use MIT-licensed tools freely in any project — personal, commercial, proprietary. You can bundle it, modify it, sell products built with it. Just keep the license file somewhere in your project. This is the easiest license to work with.
Watch out for
No patent grant — if the software implements a patented algorithm, the MIT license doesn't protect you from patent claims. No warranty, no liability — standard for all OSS licenses.
Tools using MIT License (297)
全面ESM+Vue3+Vite+Element-Plus+TypeScript编写的一款后台管理系统（兼容移动端）
A simpler site generator
React DOM testing utilities
Markdown for the component era
Instant on-demand atomic CSS engine
Turso is an in-process SQL database, compatible with SQLite.
你想蒸馏的下一个员工，何必是同事。蒸馏任何人的思维方式——心智模型、决策启发式、表达DNA。Distill how anyone thinks.
Ergonomic framework for Bun and Web Standards
The agent engineering platform
Send emails with Node.js
Scalable overlay networking
Tiny elegant HTTP client based on Fetch
Open source fork of SQLite with open contributions
Create PDF files using React
Fully featured open source mail delivery platform
Next-gen testing framework powered by Vite
SMTP testing tool
Release engineering for Go
Fast cross-platform build tool
Git server with CI/CD, Kanban, and packages
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