I wanted to build an desktop app using Electron.js and, I wonder if I can sell it as a paid product, or it may contain some purchasable add-ons which user to need to buy to experience more features.
Wouldn’t there be any Open-Source license conflicts?
Good question. I know you can commercialize it, as there are plenty of these, but all the ones I know of you pay for the service not the application.
Thankfully, Electron is an MIT license. So that means you can pretty much do anything you want as long as Electron isn’t liable.
If you click that, you’ll see a breakdown by github on what you can and can’t use it for.
Thank you, I got it!
Can you name few?
Off the top of my head, Slack, Discord, and Stride.
https://electronjs.org/apps Here’s a big list.
edit: Actually, I use GitKraken. I forgot it was Electron. It’s paid software.
Alright!
So we can sell services within the app and not app itself, right?
No, you can sell the app. It’s an MIT license. Basically do whatever you want, you just can’t hold Electron liable.
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