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n8n Sustainable Use License

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N8n's own explanation of its fair-code licence: free to use, modify and self-host for your own internal business purposes, but not to resell as a hosted service. Read it before you build a client offering on top of n8n.

  • Self-hosting n8n for your own company's workflows is free under the licence.
  • Running n8n as a paid service for others needs a commercial licence.
  • n8n is fair-code, not OSI open source; Activepieces is the MIT-licensed option.
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