Deploy Directus on your own infrastructure for complete ownership of your data. You get a powerful backend and UI for any project without compromising on your security or performance needs.
$0 for qualifying users
Freely download and self-host Directus for any project without the need for a license.
Host a production instance of Directus on your own servers with no feature limitations or paywalls.
Premium support is available for customers with a production license or on Enterprise Cloud plans.
Things that would take a month of work with other platforms can be built out in seconds. If it wasn't for Directus, we wouldn't be delivering on our dates as a team.
Tony Macias
Tech Lead, The Shift Network
Below are the more common questions we get asked. Learn more about Directus' licensing in the BSL FAQs or book a 1:1 demo with our sales team.
We strongly believe Directus is an Open Source project. The source code is available on GitHub, where you can fork, modify, report issues, post discussions, create PRs, and control ongoing development.
We're cognizant and respectful that BSL is not a license that’s approved by the Open Source Initiative. However, the BSL has been reviewed and endorsed by the co-founder of the OSI as a good way to make open source projects sustainable, which supports our thinking.
Enterprise Self-Hosted pricing is tailored to each project's specific requirements. Various discounts are available for non-profits, bulk volume licenses, partners, and more. Please contact our sales team to coordinate a customized proposal.
In and of itself, the act of facilitating installation, updating, or hosting Directus is not considered production use (and therefore doesn't require a commercial license) as long as the unmodified object code is being used. However, the production commercial license requirement still applies to any end-users of the project.
Production use is defined in our license as any use other than development, debugging, evaluation, or testing your offerings. We also explicitly treat making the project available standalone in unmodified object code form as non-production use.
An end-user is a human who directly interacts with Directus, be it through its App or APIs.
For a full demo of our Enterprise cloud offering and features, book some time with our enterprise team.
