License
What each shadcn.io Pro license covers, what you can build with it, and what you can't.
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License Types
shadcn.io offers three license types based on your needs: Individual, Team, and Organization. Each license grants access to all Pro Blocks and Components while your subscription is active (or permanently with a Lifetime license).
Individual License
The Individual license grants permission to one individual (the Licensee) to access and use the Pro Blocks and Components for personal, non-commercial use only. This license is intended for solo developers working on personal projects, learning, and experimentation. Commercial usage is not permitted with an Individual license.
Team License
The Team license grants permission to up to five (5) individuals within the same organization to access and use the Pro Blocks and Components. All team members must belong to the same company or legal entity. Commercial usage is permitted, including creating products where end users can be charged.
Organization License
The Organization license grants permission to an unlimited number of individuals within the same organization to access and use the Pro Blocks and Components. This license is intended for larger companies and includes priority support. Commercial usage is permitted, including creating products where end users can be charged.
Subscription vs. Lifetime
All license types are available as either a subscription (monthly or yearly) or a one-time Lifetime purchase.
Subscription License
shadcn.io grants you a non-exclusive license to use the Pro Blocks and Components while your subscription is active.
Lifetime License
The Lifetime license grants permanent access to all current and future Pro Blocks and Components with a one-time payment. Lifetime licenses include all updates released after purchase.
What happens when you cancel a subscription?
When your subscription ends, you retain the right to use any Pro Blocks and Components you accessed during your active subscription in existing End Products. However, you will no longer have access to download new Pro Blocks, receive updates, or use newly released components.
To continue receiving updates and access to new Pro Blocks, you must maintain an active subscription or purchase a Lifetime license.
What You Can Do
All License Types (Individual, Team, Organization)
- Use the Pro Blocks and Components to create unlimited personal End Products.
- Modify the Pro Blocks and Components to create derivative blocks and components. Those blocks and components are subject to this license.
- Use the Pro Blocks and Components to create End Products that are open source and freely available to End Users.
Team and Organization Licenses Only (Commercial Usage)
- Use the Pro Blocks and Components to create unlimited End Products for unlimited Clients.
- Use the Pro Blocks and Components to create End Products where the End Product is sold to End Users or where End Users are charged a fee.
- Create commercial SaaS applications, commercial self-hosted web applications, and websites or web applications for clients.
What You Cannot Do
- Individual License: Use the Pro Blocks and Components for commercial purposes, including creating products where end users are charged a fee, client work, or any revenue-generating projects. Upgrade to a Team or Organization license for commercial usage.
- Use the Pro Blocks and Components to create End Products that are designed to allow an End User to build their own End Products using the Pro Blocks and Components or derivatives of the Pro Blocks and Components.
- Re-distribute the Pro Blocks and Components or derivatives of the Pro Blocks and Components separately from an End Product, neither in code or as design assets.
- Share your access to the Pro Blocks and Components with individuals outside your licensed seat count. Individual licenses may not be shared. Team licenses are limited to 5 seats. Organization licenses are limited to members of the purchasing organization.
- Use the Pro Blocks and Components to produce anything that may be deemed by shadcn.io, in their sole and absolute discretion, to be competitive or in conflict with the business of shadcn.io.
Example Usage
Examples of usage allowed by the license:
All License Types
- Creating a personal website or portfolio by yourself.
- Creating a web application where the primary purpose is clearly not to simply re-distribute the blocks (like a conference organization app that uses the blocks for its UI for example) that is free and open source, where the source code is publicly available.
- Learning, experimenting, and building personal projects.
Team and Organization Licenses Only
- Creating a website or web application for a client that will be owned by that client.
- Creating a commercial SaaS application (like an invoicing app for example) where end users have to pay a fee to use the application.
- Creating a commercial self-hosted web application that is sold to end users for a one-time fee.
- A team of developers at a company using a Team or Organization license to build internal tools and customer-facing products.
Examples of usage not allowed by the license:
Not Allowed with Individual License
- Creating a commercial SaaS application where end users pay a fee (upgrade to Team or Organization license).
- Creating websites or web applications for clients (upgrade to Team or Organization license).
- Any project where revenue is generated from end users (upgrade to Team or Organization license).
Not Allowed with Any License
- Creating a repository of your favorite shadcn.io Pro Blocks or components (or derivatives based on shadcn.io Pro Blocks or components) and publishing it publicly.
- Creating a UI library using shadcn.io Pro Blocks and making it available either for sale or for free.
- Converting a shadcn.io template to another framework and making it available either for sale or for free.
- Creating a Figma or Sketch UI kit based on the Pro Block designs.
- Creating a "website builder" project where end users can build their own websites using blocks or components included with or derived from shadcn.io Pro Blocks.
- Creating a theme, template, or project starter kit using the Pro Blocks or components and making it available either for sale or for free.
- Creating an admin panel tool (like Laravel Nova or ActiveAdmin) that is made available either for sale or for free.
- Sharing Individual license credentials with coworkers (use a Team or Organization license instead).
In simple terms: Individual licenses are for personal, non-commercial use. Team and Organization licenses allow commercial usage. All licenses prohibit redistribution and competing with shadcn.io.
Refund Policy
Due to the nature of digital products, we typically do not issue refunds. Once a digital file is delivered, it cannot be returned—and unfortunately, some individuals have misused refund requests in the past.
We ask that you carefully consider your purchase before completing it. Please also avoid putting us in a difficult situation with refund requests unless you have a genuine or exceptional reason.
Common scenarios where refunds are not granted:
- You've already downloaded the product but decided you no longer want it
- You changed your mind after purchasing
- The item was bought by mistake
- You're unable to use or implement the code due to lack of technical skills
- You feel the item doesn't meet your personal expectations or standards
- You request a refund without offering a valid reason or explanation
This isn't a complete list—just examples of situations we encounter frequently.
Definitions
Licensee is the individual or organization that has purchased a shadcn.io Pro license (subscription or lifetime).
Seat refers to one authorized user under a Team or Organization license. Individual licenses include one seat. Team licenses include up to five seats. Organization licenses include unlimited seats within the purchasing organization.
Pro Blocks and Components are the source code and design assets made available to the Licensee while their subscription is active or permanently with a Lifetime license.
End Product is any artifact produced that incorporates the Pro Blocks or Components or derivatives of the Pro Blocks or Components.
End User is a user of an End Product.
Client is an individual or entity receiving custom professional services directly from the Licensee, produced specifically for that individual or entity. Customers of software-as-a-service products are not considered clients for the purpose of this document.
License questions
Client sites, SaaS, open source and seats, what the license allows in each.
Yes, with a Team or Organization license: you can create unlimited End Products for unlimited Clients. A website for a client that will be owned by that client is an allowed example. An Individual license does not allow client work.
No. Individual licenses are for personal, non-commercial use only. Websites or web applications for clients need a Team or Organization license.
A Client is an individual or entity receiving custom professional services directly from you, produced specifically for them. Customers of software-as-a-service products are not clients for this purpose.
Yes. Team and Organization licenses allow unlimited End Products for unlimited Clients. The seat limit still applies to the people who access the blocks.
Yes. The license lets you modify the Pro blocks and create derivative blocks and components, which stay subject to the license. Those derivatives can go into the End Products you build for clients.
Yes, with a Team or Organization license. A commercial SaaS application, such as an invoicing app where end users pay a fee, is an allowed example. The Individual license doesn't allow it.
Yes, with a Team or Organization license: a commercial self-hosted web application sold to end users for a one-time fee is an allowed example.
Yes, with a Team or Organization license: a team of developers at a company can build internal tools and customer-facing products. An Individual license can't be shared with coworkers.
This license is the Pro license: it defines Pro Blocks and Components. The free components, hooks, examples and icons need only a free account, and nothing on this page makes them Pro.
Yes, with any license: creating a personal website or portfolio by yourself, learning, experimenting and building personal projects are all allowed.
No. You can't create a product that lets an End User build their own End Products with the Pro blocks, and you can't create an admin panel tool (like Laravel Nova or ActiveAdmin) for sale or for free.
No. Any project where revenue is generated from end users is not allowed with an Individual license. Upgrade to a Team or Organization license.
Yes, with any license. You can create End Products that are open source and freely available to End Users, as long as the primary purpose isn't simply to re-distribute the blocks. A conference app that uses them for its UI, free and open source, is the license's own example.
No. Creating a repository of your favorite Pro blocks or components, or derivatives of them, and publishing it publicly isn't allowed with any license.
No. Creating a theme, template or project starter kit with the Pro blocks and making it available for sale or for free is not allowed with any license.
No. Converting a shadcn.io template to another framework and making it available for sale or for free is not allowed with any license.
No. Creating a UI library with the Pro blocks, or a Figma or Sketch UI kit based on the Pro block designs, is not allowed with any license, for sale or for free.
A Team license grants up to five individuals within the same organization, and all of them must belong to the same company or legal entity.
An Organization license grants an unlimited number of individuals within the same organization and includes priority support.
No. Sharing Individual license credentials with coworkers isn't allowed with any license. Use a Team or Organization license instead.
No. You can't share your access with individuals outside your licensed seat count. Team licenses are limited to 5 seats and Organization licenses to members of the purchasing organization.
The license also doesn't allow using the blocks to produce anything that shadcn.io, at its sole discretion, deems competitive or in conflict with its business. For doubts about a case, write to contact@shadcn.io.
Yes. You keep the right to use the Pro blocks and components you accessed during your subscription in existing End Products. You can't download new ones, receive updates or use newly released components.
Keep an active subscription or buy a Lifetime license. Lifetime grants permanent access to all current and future Pro blocks and components, with all updates released after purchase.
No. After a subscription ends you retain the right to use what you accessed in existing End Products, but you can no longer download new Pro blocks, so a new project can't start from new downloads.
Due to the nature of digital products, we typically do not issue refunds. Having downloaded the product, changed your mind, bought by mistake or being unable to implement the code are common reasons refunds are not granted.
If you have questions about this license, please contact us at contact@shadcn.io.