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title: Docker Desktop license agreement
description: Information about Docker Desktop's license agreement and commercial use requirements
keywords: docker desktop license, subscription service agreement, commercial use, licensing terms
weight: 40
---

Docker Desktop is licensed under the [Docker Subscription Service Agreement](https://www.docker.com/legal/docker-subscription-service-agreement). When you download and install Docker Desktop, you're asked to agree to these terms.

The Docker Subscription Service Agreement states:

 - Docker Desktop is free for:
    - Small businesses (fewer than 250 employees AND less than $10 million in annual revenue)
    - Personal use
    - Education
    - Non-commercial open source projects
- Docker Desktop requires a paid subscription for:
    - Professional use in larger organizations
    - Government entities
    - Commercial use beyond the free tier limits
- Paid subscriptions that include Docker Desktop:
    - Docker Pro, Team, and Business subscriptions

## Understanding licensing terms

For detailed information about how these terms may affect your organization, see:

- [Subscription updates blog post](https://www.docker.com/blog/updating-product-subscriptions/)
- [Docker subscription FAQs](https://www.docker.com/pricing/faq) to learn how this may affect companies using Docker Desktop.

> [!NOTE]
>
> The licensing and distribution terms for Docker and Moby open-source projects, such as Docker Engine, aren't changing.

Docker Desktop is built using open-source software. For information about the licensing of open-source components in Docker Desktop, select the whale menu > **About Docker Desktop** > **Acknowledgements**.

## Open source components

Docker Desktop distributes some components that are licensed under the
GNU General Public License. [Download the source code for these components here](https://download.docker.com/opensource/License.tar.gz).
