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## License

By contributing, you agree that your contributions will be licensed under the MIT License.
By contributing, you agree that your contributions will be licensed under the GNU AGPLv3.
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<p align="center">
<a href="https://github.com/evangauer/openvpm/actions"><img src="https://github.com/evangauer/openvpm/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg" alt="CI" /></a>
<a href="LICENSE"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-blue.svg" alt="MIT License" /></a>
<a href="LICENSE"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/license-AGPL_v3-blue.svg" alt="AGPL v3 License" /></a>
<a href="CONTRIBUTING.md"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/PRs-welcome-brightgreen.svg" alt="PRs Welcome" /></a>
<a href="https://github.com/evangauer/openvpm/discussions"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Discussions-join-blue.svg" alt="Discussions" /></a>
<a href="https://github.com/evangauer/openvpm/stargazers"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/stars/evangauer/openvpm?style=social" alt="GitHub Stars" /></a>
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- **Beautiful and intuitive** — Practice managers and front desk staff should be productive within a single shift, not a multi-week training program
- **API-first** — Every feature accessible via a documented REST + WebSocket API so AI tools, voice agents, and integrations can read AND write
- **Cloud-native but self-hostable** — Run it on our cloud or deploy it on your own infrastructure
- **Free and open source** — MIT licensed, forever. No per-provider pricing. No vendor lock-in. Your data is yours.
- **Free and open source** — AGPLv3, forever. No per-provider pricing. No vendor lock-in. Your data is yours.

> *"I would need to see the product benefit us by reducing our staff hours."*
> — A practice manager we interviewed during research
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## License

MIT License — see [LICENSE](LICENSE) for details.
**GNU AGPLv3** — see [LICENSE](LICENSE) for the full text.

Free to use, modify, and distribute. Build on it. Sell services around it. Make veterinary medicine better.
Free to use, run, self-host, modify, and share. Your clinic owns its data and can export it any time — no lock-in, ever. The only obligation: if you run a **modified** version as a network service, share your changes under the same license (the AGPL "network use" clause).

Need different terms — e.g. to embed OpenVPM in a closed-source product or offer a modified hosted service without the AGPL obligations? A **commercial license** is available. Reach out.

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Free and open source &mdash; MIT licensed, forever
Free and open source &mdash; AGPLv3, forever
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Built with <Heart className="w-3.5 h-3.5 text-red-400 fill-red-400" /> for the veterinary community
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&copy; 2026 OpenVPM. MIT Licensed.
&copy; 2026 OpenVPM. AGPLv3.
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<span class="tag">Open source · MIT licensed</span>
<span class="tag">Open source · AGPLv3</span>
<h1>The open-source veterinary PIMS the industry has been waiting for.</h1>
<p class="sub" style="margin-top: 24px;">
API-first. Self-hostable. Free, forever. Built for clinics and AI builders.
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