RudderStack

Customer data platform that collects events and routes them to analytics and marketing tools.

Elastic-2.0Source-available (not OSI)

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 Usually, for internal use. Check the terms.
  • B2 Build your own product or service on top and offer it to customers as SaaS No Usually no for a service that competes with the vendor, without an agreement.
  • B3 Make a closed-source derivative and sell or distribute it No No, not without an agreement with the vendor.
  • B4 Use the project's name and trademark No No, not without permission. The licence covers the code, not the name or logo.

Keep in mind

  • Contributing back to the project requires signing a Contributor License Agreement (CLA).
  • There is a licence note for this product (e.g. parts under another licence or version-specific terms): read it and check the licence of the exact version you use.

This is guidance, not legal advice. Check with a lawyer before deciding.

The licence in brief

Elastic License 2.0 (Elastic-2.0)

Source-available. Internal use is allowed, but you may not offer it to others as a hosted/managed service.

What does Elastic-2.0 mean?

Open core: enterprise/ in the repo is under a separate commercial licence (Elastic-2.0). Check which parts you use.

This is guidance, not legal advice (inte juridisk rådgivning). Check with a lawyer before deciding.

Facts

Licence
Elastic-2.0
Licence type
Source-available (not OSI)
Open core
No
GitHub stars
4.5k
Latest activity
Deployment
Docker
Login/SSO
Unknown
API
Unknown
Multi-tenant
Unknown
EU vendor
Unknown
Source
GitHub API, fetched 2026-10-03

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