License
Vhostly End User License
Last updated 3 November 2026
This license covers the Vhostly app you download from vhostly.app or its GitHub releases. In short: it is free for personal use, Vhostly Pro is the license for work, and you may not resell or tamper with it. Vhostly is made by Mehmet Salih Yaldız (“we”). The Terms of Service cover buying Pro.
1. Free use
You may download, install and use Vhostly free of charge, on any number of Macs, for:
- personal projects, learning and hobby work that earns you nothing,
- charities, schools, public research and government institutions, however they are funded.
2. Work use needs Vhostly Pro
Using Vhostly for or within a business, including employees, freelancers, agencies and anyone billing for work done with it, requires a Vhostly Pro license for each developer. A Pro license covers both the Pro features and the right to use the free features commercially. The 14-day trial may be used for work while it lasts.
3. Pro licenses
- A license is for one person, who may activate it on up to three Macs at a time.
- Lifetime licenses do not expire. Yearly licenses last while the subscription is paid.
- A refunded license, or one disabled for misuse, stops working.
4. What you may not do
- sell, rent, share or publish the app or license keys, or bundle the app with something else you distribute,
- remove, disable or work around the license checks, or modify the app to unlock Pro features,
- reverse engineer the app, except where the law allows it regardless of this license.
5. Ownership
Vhostly, its code, name and artwork belong to us. This license gives you the right to use the app; it does not transfer ownership. Your sites, projects and configuration are yours.
6. Third-party software
Vhostly works with software you install separately, such as Apache, PHP, Homebrew, mkcert and cloudflared. Each is covered by its own license, not this one. The app also includes open-source components under their own licenses.
7. No warranty, limited liability
The app is provided “as is”, without warranty. To the extent the law allows, we are not liable for indirect or consequential losses, and our total liability is limited to what you paid for Vhostly Pro in the twelve months before a claim. Nothing here limits rights you have as a consumer that cannot be limited by contract.
8. Ending
This license ends if you break it; you then stop using the app. You can end it at any time by deleting the app. How to remove everything it set up is in what Vhostly writes.
9. Earlier versions
Versions up to and including 1.3.0 were distributed under the PolyForm Noncommercial License 1.0.0, which continues to apply to those copies. This license applies to every later version.
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