Relicensed

Dragonfly license history

Database·Last verified 2026-11-06·Confidence: High

Changed from BUSL-1.1 to Dragonfly-Enterprise-Source-Available-License starting with 2.1.0 on 2026-11-05.

Versions before 2.1.0 remain under BUSL-1.1.

Self-hosting
Allowed
Offering as a managed service (SaaS)
Restricted
Commercial impact: Restricted

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License timeline

2026-11-05

From 2.1.0

BUSL-1.1Source-available→Dragonfly-Enterprise-Source-Available-LicenseSource-available
Restricted
Self-hosting: Allowed
Offering as a managed service (SaaS): Restricted

Dragonfly relicensed to LicenseRef-Dragonfly-Enterprise-Source-Available-License.

Sources

Verified 2026-11-06·Confidence: High

Originally released under BUSL-1.1

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