# Is iText PDF open source?

Is iText PDF open source?

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- Posted at: almost 4 years ago
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Yes, the iText PDF library is open source, and can be used freely under the AGPL requirements. For more information, see below.



The iText Core library has had 3 major releases: iText 2, iText 5, and iText 7. The good news is that all iText Core library versions including the latest one, iText 7, are open source. The license for iText 5 and iText 7 is however different than iText 2, let me elaborate: iText 7 Core and a number of open-source add-ons are available under the AGPLv3 open-source license: https://itextpdf.com/en/how-buy/agpl-license. If you cannot comply with the AGPLv3 license requirements, it is still possible to use iText 7 with a commercial license. iText 7 Core and its open-source add-ons already supersede all iText 2 and iText 5 functionality, but in addition there are also several closed-source add-ons which provide extra functionality. A complete overview of open-source and closed-source add-ons can be found in the product overview: https://itextpdf.com/en/products.



If you’d like to know more about open-source software licenses, you can check out this webinar: https://itextpdf.com/en/events/open-source-software-licenses-how-check-comply-them



I hope this answers your question.

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