Relicensed

Loki license history

Observability·Last verified 2026-10-28·Confidence: High

Current license

AGPL-3.0-onlyCopyleft

Changed from Apache-2.0 to AGPL-3.0-only starting with 2.3.0 on 2021-04-20.

Versions before 2.3.0 remain under Apache-2.0.

Self-hosting
Allowed
Offering as a managed service (SaaS)
Allowed under AGPL terms (source disclosure required)
Commercial impact: Restricted

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License timeline

2021-04-20

From 2.3.0

Apache-2.0Permissive→AGPL-3.0-onlyCopyleft
Restricted
Self-hosting: Allowed
Offering as a managed service (SaaS): Allowed under AGPL terms (source disclosure required)

Loki relicensed to AGPL-3.0-only.

Sources

Verified 2026-10-28·Confidence: High

Originally released under Apache-2.0

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