Docspell
Organises documents from scanners and email with OCR and automatic metadata suggestions.
AGPL-3.0Network copyleft (AGPL)
Building on it: what may you do?
Short answers based on the licence, for the version in the catalog.
- B1 Change the code for internal use in your company Yes, with conditions Yes, but if staff or others reach it over a network they must be able to get your modified source.
- B2 Build your own product or service on top and offer it to customers as SaaS Yes, with conditions Yes, but you must share your changes with the users (AGPL).
- B3 Make a closed-source derivative and sell or distribute it No No. The derivative must carry the same licence and the source must be offered.
- B4 Use the project's name and trademark No No, not without permission. The licence covers the code, not the name or logo.
This is guidance, not legal advice. Check with a lawyer before deciding.
The licence in brief
GNU AGPL 3.0 (AGPL-3.0)
Network copyleft. Free to run. If you modify it and users reach it over a network, you must offer them your modified source.
This is guidance, not legal advice (inte juridisk rådgivning). Check with a lawyer before deciding.
Facts
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
- Licence type
- Network copyleft (AGPL)
- Open core
- No
- GitHub stars
- 2.3k
- Latest activity
- Deployment
- Docker
- Login/SSO
- Unknown
- API
- Unknown
- Multi-tenant
- Unknown
- EU vendor
- Unknown
- Source code
- github.com/eikek/docspell
- Source
- GitHub API, fetched 2026-10-03
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