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## 📄 License Options for ApexCharts
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ApexCharts is offered under a **dual-license model** to support individuals, startups, and commercial products of all sizes.
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### 🔓 Community License (Free)
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For individuals, non-profits, educators, and small businesses with **less than $2 million USD in annual revenue**.
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✅ What’s allowed:
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- Personal, educational, or non-profit use
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- Commercial use by small orgs (< $2M annual revenue)
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- Modifications and redistribution (with attribution)
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🚫 Not allowed:
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- Use by companies or entities over $2M/year revenue
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- Use in competing charting products
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- Sublicensing under different terms
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➡ By using ApexCharts under this license, you confirm that **you qualify as a Small Organization**.
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### 💼 Commercial License (Paid)
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The Commercial License applies to all paid SKUs (Pro, Premium, and OEM/Embedded).
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The **Community License** is available at no cost **only** to organizations with **annual revenue under \$2M USD**.
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If your organization earns \$2M USD or more annually, you must purchase one of our paid licenses.
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✅ What's included:
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- Use in internal tools and commercial applications
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- Modifications and app-level distribution
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- 12-month subscription with updates & support
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🚫 Not allowed:
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- Redistribution in toolkits, SDKs, or platforms
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- Use by unlicensed developers
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- Competing charting products
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### 🏛 Non-Profit Tiers
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Non-Profits are treated like commercial entities:
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- Annual operating budget **less than \$2 million USD**
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- _Eligible for Community licenses_
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or
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- Annual operating budget **greater than \$2 million USD**
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- _Commerical license with possible discounts for Community, Pro, Premium and OEM products_
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### 🔄 OEM / Redistribution License (Paid)
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Required if you are **embedding ApexCharts into a product or platform used by other people**, such as:
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- No-code dashboards
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- Developer platforms
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- Embedded BI tools
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- SDKs
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✅ What's included:
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- Redistribution rights for 1 application or product
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- 12-month subscription with updates & support
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✅ OEM **not required** if your app simply renders static charts and users **cannot** configure or interact with them.
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### ⚠️ License Acceptance
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By installing ApexCharts (e.g., via `npm install apexcharts`), you are agreeing to the applicable license based on your usage:
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- Community License (if under $2M revenue)
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- Commercial License (if over $2M revenue)
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- OEM License (if redistributing to third-party users)
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### 🛠 Need a License or Have Questions?
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📧 Contact us at [sales@apexcharts.com](mailto:sales@apexcharts.com)
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📚 Read full license agreements here: [https://apexcharts.com/license](https://apexcharts.com/license)
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Thank you for supporting ApexCharts! Your licensing helps keep it free and open for individuals and small teams.
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