License
Free for individuals. Licensed for companies.
Flowcorder is source-available software. Every feature lives in the open-source codebase and works on every tier. We sell the legal right to use Flowcorder commercially at scale, not access to features.
FAQ
Plain-English answers. The binding legal text lives in LICENSE.md.
Who uses Flowcorder for free?
Individuals (for any purpose, including commercial), for-profit organizations with 3 or fewer employees, non-profits, and anyone evaluating Flowcorder in non-production for up to 60 days. No seat cap, no watermark, no time limit inside the free tier.
Who needs a paid license?
For-profit organizations with 4 or more employees, once they use Flowcorder in production. Pick Team if you have under ~25 people touching Flowcorder; Company once the per-seat math gets annoying; Enterprise if your procurement team has a checklist.
What counts as a “seat”?
One person who authors, edits, or reviews Flowcorder flows, configuration, or source. Typically a developer, a designer who edits flow scripts, or a marketer who reviews output in Studio. People who only watch the final videos are not seats.
We have contractors. Do they count?
A contractor counts as an employee if they’re engaged for more than 30 days in any 12-month period. Short-term consulting (a week, a one-off freelance build) does not count.
We’re evaluating. When does the clock start?
The 60-day evaluation starts when you first install Flowcorder inside your org and covers non-production use. Once you ship Flowcorder output to production or customers, you need a license. Need longer? Email [email protected] — we’d rather extend than rush you.
Can I sell the videos I make with Flowcorder?
Yes. Selling or monetizing your output is fine on any tier, including Free. The license governs your use of the software, not the work you produce with it.
Can I fork Flowcorder and host it as my own product?
No. The license prohibits selling, renting, or sublicensing Flowcorder (or derivatives) as a competing product. You can fork for your own internal use and contribute changes back. You just can’t resell it.
How do you verify compliance?
We don’t audit and we don’t phone home. The CLI prints a one-line notice on startup showing which tier it’s running under, read from FLOWCORDER_LICENSE_KEY. Every feature works identically with or without a key — it’s a record of payment, not a DRM gate. The license is enforced the way most source-available tools enforce theirs: as a legal obligation on your organization.
We grew past 3 employees. What now?
Email [email protected]. We’ll get you on the right tier. Prior free-tier usage is not retroactively invalidated — you just need a license going forward.
Is this open source?
Source-available, not OSI-approved open source. The code is public on GitHub and you can read, modify, self-host, and contribute freely. What you can’t do is repackage Flowcorder and sell it as a competing product, or use it commercially in a 4+-employee company without a license. This is the same model used by Remotion, Sidekiq Pro, and Bullet Train.
Still have questions?
Licensing edge case, procurement paperwork, unusual org structure — whatever it is, we’ll figure it out.
Email [email protected]