Sumi PDF is licensed under AGPL-3.0. This fork does not sell a proprietary commercial license.
Sumi PDF is licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 (AGPL-3.0). You are free to use, modify, and distribute it if you comply with AGPL-3.0.
Use Sumi PDF for free where you can comply with AGPL-3.0, including making source available when required.
Modify the source code and distribute your version, as long as you comply with AGPL-3.0 requirements.
Any modifications or derivative works must also be licensed under AGPL-3.0 and made publicly available.
Sumi PDF does not sell licenses. A proprietary license, if any, would cover original BentoPDF, not this fork, and must be arranged with the upstream authors.
This repository remains AGPL-3.0. Sumi cannot relicense inherited AGPL code as proprietary.
If you need proprietary terms for original BentoPDF, use their repository. Sumi does not process payment.
💡 Custom requests and development are available for separate charges. Contact us for details.
Use this quick reference chart to determine if your use case requires a commercial license.
| Use Case | License Required |
|---|---|
| Personal use (not hosting as a service) | AGPL (Free) |
| Open-source project with publicly available source code | AGPL (Free) |
| Public website where you share your full modified source code under AGPL | AGPL (Free) |
| Educational/research project with publicly shared code | AGPL (Free) |
| SaaS or web application (closed-source) | Commercial |
| Internal company tool/dashboard (source not shared with users) | Commercial |
| Commercial product (keeping source code private) | Commercial |
| Network service where source code is not accessible to users | Commercial |
| Any app where you want to keep modifications private | Commercial |
Still not sure? Contact us to discuss your specific use case.
When using BentoPDF under AGPL-3.0, you must comply with the following requirements:
You should mention our open-source and include AGPL license details in the PDF metadata. You should also retain the producer line in all PDFs created or modified using our open-source.
Any modifications to our open-source must be disclosed under the AGPL. This includes sharing the modified code with any users interacting with it.
Usage of our open-source Community Edition must be limited to AGPL-compliant environments, where all AGPL requirements are fully respected.
You cannot deploy our open-source as part of a server-based application or service without disclosing your own application's full source code under AGPL to any users interacting with it.
These use cases are not compatible with AGPL unless you obtain a proprietary license from upstream BentoPDF. Sumi PDF does not sell one.
If you're using BentoPDF on a public website and have not modified the source code, you do not need a commercial license. However, if you modify BentoPDF in any way and make it available to users over a network, the AGPLv3 requires you to provide your modified source code to those users. If you want to keep your modifications closed-source, or if you are integrating BentoPDF into a proprietary or commercial product, you will need a commercial license. Contact us to discuss your specific use case.
If your internal tool is closed-source and not shared publicly, you will need a commercial license. The AGPL-3.0 license requires that you make the source code of any network-accessible service using BentoPDF available to its users. If you cannot or do not want to do that, a commercial license is the right choice.
If you modify BentoPDF and deploy it as a network service (e.g., a web application), you must make your modified source code available under AGPL-3.0. If you do not want to share your modifications, you must obtain a commercial license.
Sumi PDF does not sell a commercial license. This fork remains AGPL-3.0. For a proprietary license covering original BentoPDF, contact the upstream project at github.com/alam00000/bentopdf.
GitHub Repository: github.com/alam00000/bentopdf
BentoPDF does not bundle AGPL-licensed processing libraries. The following components must be configured separately via Advanced Settings if you wish to use their features:
To enable features powered by these libraries:
The commercial license covers BentoPDF's own code only. It does not bypass the AGPL licensing of these components. Users must comply with the AGPL v3 terms for these components.
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