Use Ledgerful locally for free. License it for broader commercial use.
Free for individuals, noncommercial use, and qualifying small entities (under $1M aggregated gross revenue across You and Affiliates, Internal Business Use only); paid Commercial License for broader internal commercial use; resale, hosting, or OEM requires a separate written agreement.
Editions
Local and Commercial License describe the same current software under the in-force PolyForm Noncommercial License with the Small-Entity Commercial Exception. Hosted and Enterprise are planned and require a future control plane, with no announced prices or timelines.
Which path fits you?
Eligibility is revenue- and use-based (Qualified Small Entity, Evaluation Use, or Written Authorization). Headcount price bands apply only after you need a paid Commercial License.
Hosted, regulated, or custom deployment → Contact us
Commercial License pricing
Introductory pricing
Flat annual USD license for Internal Business Use when you are outside free eligibility. Same software capabilities as Local — the license changes who may run it, not what it does. These bands are not the free/paid line; revenue and use type are.
Up to 25 engineers$1,500 / year
Up to 50 engineers$2,500 / year
Over 50 engineersContact us
Request a commercial license by email. We reply with a commercial license agreement and invoice path. There is no published response-time SLA.
OEM, hosting-as-a-service, resale, or redistribution requires a separate written agreement regardless of company size — email legal@ledgerful.dev.
Qualified Small Entity (QSE): under $1M Aggregated Gross Revenue across You and all Affiliates; Internal Business Use only. At exactly $1,000,000 you are not a QSE.
Evaluation Use: 30 days, once per Entity + its Affiliate group, non-Production only; does not reset on upgrades, new versions, or Affiliate transfers.
90-day transition: when you cross the threshold or on Change of Control, a transition grant may apply so you can obtain a commercial license — see the Exception.
OEM / hosting / resale: separate written agreement via legal@ledgerful.dev, regardless of size.
Individuals, noncommercial use, and qualifying small entities under $1M aggregated gross revenue across You and Affiliates (Internal Business Use only)
Available · Runs locally
Free for qualifying use
Run the current local build under the in-force PolyForm Noncommercial License with the Small-Entity Commercial Exception.
GitHub Action setup pathSelf-hosted Action; pin version; not Marketplace / not hosted GitHub AppAvailable · Runs locally
Local team sync foundationRequires a build compiled with --features syncBeta · Runs locally
Commercial License
Companies at or above $1M aggregated gross revenue (or otherwise outside QSE) running Ledgerful for Internal Business Use
Available · Runs locally
Introductory pricing
From $1,500 / year
Up to 25 engineers$1,500 / year
Up to 50 engineers$2,500 / year
Over 50 engineersContact us
The same local-first CLI, dashboard, ledger, and evidence export as Local, under a paid commercial license. Introductory headcount-band pricing is provisional and may move upward on traction (announced, never silent).
GitHub Action setup pathSelf-hosted Action; pin version; not Marketplace / not hosted GitHub AppAvailable · Runs locally
Local team sync foundationRequires a build compiled with --features syncBeta · Runs locally
Request commercial licenseRequest a commercial license by email. We reply with a commercial license agreement and invoice path. There is no published response-time SLA.
Hosted
Managers who need cross-repo hosted visibility
Planned · Hosted
Pricing not announced
Planned hosted portfolio, GitHub App workflow, signed summary ingestion, billing, and retained audit state. Requires a future hosted control plane — no live feature claims until it ships.
Planned enterprise identity, audit export, retention controls, support SLA, and optional self-hosted control plane. Described as roadmap — never sold today.
SAML / OIDC SSOPlanned · Hosted
SCIMPlanned · Hosted
RBACPlanned · Hosted
Custom retention and support SLAPlanned · Hosted
Contact usInbox is provisioned; delivery is verified.
License boundary
Who qualifies for what
A plain-English read of the free/paid boundary, plus concrete examples matching the Small-Entity Commercial Exception text.
Plain-language summary — not legal advice. The summary and examples below explain the PolyForm Noncommercial License 1.0.0 plus the Ledgerful Small-Entity Commercial Exception v1.0 in plain terms. The Exception text governs; where this summary and the license differ, the license controls.
Free
Individual use, on your own machine.
Noncommercial use, at any organization size.
Internal Business Use by a Qualified Small Entity: under $1M aggregated gross revenue across You and all Affiliates (exactly $1M is not QSE).
Evaluation Use: 30 days, once per Entity + its Affiliate group, non-Production only; does not reset on upgrades or new versions.
Requires a license or agreement
Internal Business Use once you are at or above $1M aggregated gross revenue (or otherwise outside QSE) after any Evaluation Use or 90-day transition — commercial license.
Hosting Ledgerful for third parties — separate written agreement, regardless of size.
Reselling Ledgerful, or bundling/embedding it into another product (OEM) — separate written agreement, regardless of size.
A 3-person consultancy under $1M aggregated gross revenue runs Ledgerful internally to review its own commits.
Free (QSE Internal Business Use). Qualifies as a Qualified Small Entity under the Exception: under $1M aggregated across You and Affiliates, Internal Business Use only.
A $50M-revenue company evaluates Ledgerful in a non-Production sandbox for two weeks.
Evaluation Use (free, limited). Evaluation Use allows 30 days once per Entity + Affiliate group for non-Production only. It is not a production pilot and does not reset on upgrades.
A $50M-revenue company runs Ledgerful in production CI across its engineering org.
Commercial license required. At or above the $1M threshold for Internal Business Use beyond Evaluation Use or any 90-day transition grant.
A hosting provider offers Ledgerful as a managed service to its customers.
Separate agreement required. Hosting for third parties is outside both free and commercial-license Internal Business Use terms, regardless of company size.
A vendor bundles Ledgerful into a product it sells to customers.
Separate agreement required. Reselling or OEM bundling requires a separate written agreement, not the free path or the headcount-band commercial license alone.
Every row carries an explicit state. Planned features are not built yet and have no announced timeline.
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Ledgerful feature comparison across Local, Commercial License, Hosted, and Enterprise editions.
Feature
Local
Commercial License
Hosted
Enterprise
Core Engine
Local CLI and engine
included
included
included
included
Local dashboard
included
included
included
included
Signed ledger provenance
included
included
included
included
SOC 2-style evidence ZIP export
included
included
included
included
Collaboration
Local team sync (sync-enabled build)
included
included
included
included
Team signatures and devices
included
included
included
included
Portfolio reports
included
included
included
included
GitHub and Release
MCP stdio tools
included
included
included
included
GitHub Action setup pathSelf-hosted Action; pin version; not Marketplace / not hosted GitHub App
included
included
included
included
GitHub App
—
—
included
included
Hosted (planned)
Hosted portfolio dashboard
—
—
included
included
Hosted audit log
—
—
included
included
Billing portal
—
—
included
included
Enterprise (planned)
SAML / OIDC SSO
—
—
—
included
SCIM
—
—
—
included
RBAC
—
—
—
included
Custom retention and support SLA
—
—
—
included
Ledgerful (the engine and dashboard) is source-available under the PolyForm Noncommercial License 1.0.0 plus the Ledgerful Small-Entity Commercial Exception v1.0, which permits qualifying entities under US$1M aggregated gross revenue (You + Affiliates, Internal Business Use) to use Ledgerful internally at no charge, plus limited Evaluation Use and a 90-day transition grant as defined in the Exception. Introductory Commercial License pricing for broader Internal Business Use is published on /editions (provisional headcount bands). Hosted and Enterprise prices are not announced. The license is in force: Ledgerful, LLC formed (FL, effective 2026-07-01, doc L26000356073); individual→LLC IP assignment executed; COMMERCIAL-EXCEPTION.md counsel-reviewed; FL + USPTO trademark search clear. This web repository is separate and proprietary (all rights reserved, no license granted). Commercial License headcount-band prices are introductory/provisional and published on this page; Hosted and Enterprise prices are not announced.
GitHub App, hosted portfolio, hosted audit log, and billing portal require a future hosted control plane. No timeline is announced.
SAML / OIDC SSO, SCIM, and RBAC are planned for enterprise and require a future hosted control plane with enterprise identity infrastructure. No timeline is announced.
MCP stdio tools are published on npm (v0.1.23; engine pin v0.2.14). Public repo Ryan-AI-Studios/ledgerful-action ships action.yml at the repository root (name: Ledgerful PR Risk Report). Install with uses: Ryan-AI-Studios/ledgerful-action@<sha> and pin ledgerful-version (and preferably ledgerful-checksum). Not listed on the GitHub Marketplace. Not the planned hosted GitHub App.
Source upload is never required for local editions. The local daemon does not implement SSO, RBAC, or tenant isolation.
No Hosted or Enterprise price is announced. OEM, hosting-as-a-service, resale, and redistribution require a separate written agreement regardless of size.
FAQ
Common questions
Threshold definition, Evaluation Use, 90-day transition, contractors, hosting, OEM, and commercial price bands — plain-English answers. Not legal advice; the Exception text controls.
What counts toward the under-$1M revenue threshold?
The Ledgerful Small-Entity Commercial Exception measures Aggregated Gross Revenue across You and all Affiliates, not just the team running Ledgerful. Use under $1M / less than $1M wording — at exactly $1,000,000 you are not a Qualified Small Entity. Once you are at or above the threshold, continued Internal Business Use (beyond Evaluation Use or any 90-day transition) requires a commercial license. This is not legal advice; the Exception text controls.
What is Evaluation Use?
Evaluation Use is a limited Exception grant: 30 days, once per Entity and its Affiliate group, non-Production only. It begins on first use of a version under this license and does not reset on upgrades, new versions, or Affiliate transfers. It is not an open production pilot. See the Exception for the operative terms.
What is the 90-day transition grant?
When you cross the QSE revenue threshold or undergo a Change of Control, the Exception provides a 90-day transition period so you can obtain a commercial license without an immediate hard cutover. Details and conditions are in the Exception text — this summary is not legal advice.
How is Commercial License priced?
Introductory annual USD pricing for Internal Business Use commercial licenses: up to 25 engineers $1,500/year; up to 50 engineers $2,500/year; over 50 engineers contact legal@ledgerful.dev. Pricing is provisional and may move upward on traction (announced, never silent). Request a license by email — human invoice path only; no self-serve purchase. Hosted and Enterprise remain Pricing not announced.
I'm a contractor or consultant — do I qualify?
It depends on whose revenue is measured. Running Ledgerful on your own consultancy's behalf is evaluated against your company's Aggregated Gross Revenue (You + Affiliates). Running it while embedded in a client's engineering org is evaluated against that client's revenue and Affiliate group.
Can I host Ledgerful for my customers?
No — hosting Ledgerful as a service for third parties is not covered by free or commercial-license Internal Business Use terms and requires a separate written agreement via legal@ledgerful.dev, regardless of company size.
Can I bundle or resell Ledgerful (OEM)?
No — bundling Ledgerful into a product you sell, or reselling it, requires a separate written agreement rather than the free path or headcount-band commercial license. Contact legal@ledgerful.dev.
What each state label means
The same labels appear on the feature matrix above and on the homepage. Available and beta capabilities run on your machine; hosted features are planned and not built yet.
Available · Runs locally
Ships in the current local binary today and runs on your machine.
Beta · Runs locally
Implemented and usable locally; not yet fully tested for public release.
Planned · Hosted
A future hosted service. Not built.
Edition columns
LocalFree for individuals and qualifying small entities
CommercialPaid commercial license for broader Internal Business Use
HostedPlanned hosted service
EnterprisePlanned enterprise features
Review the source terms, then run locally. No account required.
