License

ChaiBuilder ships under two licenses: an open-source core anyone can use freely, and a commercial license for the professional product. This page explains both, and exactly what a commercial license lets you do.

1. The open-source core - MIT

chaicore - the core builder, including the embeddable <ChaiBuilderEditor /> React component and the basic Next.js website builder - is open source under the MIT License, as is the chaibuilder-app CLI. You can use, modify, and redistribute them freely under that license's terms, for any purpose, commercial or not. The authoritative license text lives in each repository: github.com/chaibuilder/core and github.com/chaibuilder/cli.

2. The commercial license - chaipro

chaipro is the chaicore core plus the Pro extensions, licensed per year, per license key, by OuterEdge Lab Pvt Ltd. Every plan includes the entire feature set - plans differ by domains, branding, delivery, and support, never by features.

• Solo - $99/year. 1 license key, up to 3 domains. ChaiBuilder branding shown in the builder.
• Studio - $399/year. 1 license key, unlimited domains. ChaiBuilder branding shown in the builder.
• Agency - $899/year. 1 license key, unlimited domains, plus Agency branding - your own logo and colors inside the builder.
• White Label Solution - a separate multi-tenant product, managed or self-hostable. Licensed under its own agreement - contact us.
• Custom Integration - ChaiBuilder embedded in your own application, licensed yearly with maintenance and priority support. Licensed under its own agreement - contact us.

3. How the license term works

A chaipro license is perpetual within a version window. Buying gives you a license valid through the end of your year, and the right to run any chaipro version released within that window - forever. When the license expires, versions released after your window are no longer eligible: the builder will prompt you to renew or continue on the last version released within it. An expired license never breaks an existing deployment.

4. The trial

Every deployment includes a 30-day free trial - no credit card, no email, full feature set. The trial starts when you deploy and requires no license key. After 30 days, a license key (set in your environment) is required to keep chaipro unlocked.

5. What a license lets you do

• Run chaipro on the number of domains your plan allows, for yourself or for clients - building and handing off client sites is exactly what the Studio and Agency plans are for. Each production domain counts toward your plan's domain allowance; staging and local development don't [TBD: confirm staging/localhost exemption].
• Modify configuration, build custom blocks, panels, and extensions on top of it for your own or your clients' deployments.
• With the Agency plan, present the builder to clients under your own logo and colors (Agency branding).

6. What a license doesn't let you do

• Share, resell, or publish a license key, or use one key across more deployments than its plan allows.
• Redistribute the chaipro package or its Pro extensions, or offer them (or a derivative) as a product of your own. Offering ChaiBuilder as a service to many tenants is what the White Label Solution and Custom Integration licenses are for.
• Remove or circumvent license enforcement - trial limits, domain limits, or key validation.
• Remove ChaiBuilder branding on plans that include it (Solo and Studio).

7. Renewal, and what happens if you don't

Your license renews automatically each year at the then-current price, extending your version window so you stay eligible for current versions. You can cancel auto-renewal anytime before the renewal date - through your payment processor's receipt or portal, or by writing to support@chaibuilder.com. If you cancel and your license lapses, everything you already have keeps working; you simply stay on the last version your window covers. Renew again whenever you want to move to current versions - there's no penalty or back-payment for lapsed time [TBD: confirm no back-payment on lapsed renewal].

8. Refunds

There are none - the trial is how you validate fit. See the Refund Policy.

9. Questions

If your situation doesn't fit these terms - more tenants, embedding in a product, or anything else these terms don't cover - talk to us. Licensing questions: support@chaibuilder.com.