Terms · MIT License · Updated July 17, 2026

DocBlocks is governed by the MIT License.

The DocBlocks website and first-party applications—including the web editor, desktop app, VS Code extension, CLI, and MCP server—are open-source software made available under the MIT License. Its terms primarily govern your use, copying, modification, and distribution of DocBlocks.

What the license allows

You may use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and sell copies of DocBlocks. You may use it for personal, commercial, educational, or other purposes without paying a license fee or obtaining a separate commercial license.

The license condition

If you copy or distribute DocBlocks, or a substantial portion of it, you must include the copyright notice and MIT permission notice. The canonical notice is in the repository's LICENSE file.

No warranty

DocBlocks is provided "as is," without warranties of any kind. To the extent permitted by law, its authors and copyright holders are not liable for claims, damages, or other liability arising from the software or its use. The complete, controlling terms appear below.

Full MIT License

MIT License

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

Scope and third-party components

These MIT terms apply to the DocBlocks website, documentation, source code, and first-party applications. Third-party libraries, fonts, services, and other components may have their own licenses or terms; when they do, those terms govern those components. Nothing on this page limits rights granted by an applicable open-source license.

Your documents remain yours

Using DocBlocks does not place your documents under the MIT License. DocBlocks does not claim ownership of the content you create, edit, or convert. You remain responsible for that content and for having the rights to use any included text, images, fonts, audio, video, or other assets.

Practical notes

These notes do not narrow the rights granted by the MIT License. DocBlocks is local-first, but local storage is not a managed backup service, so keep independent backups and review important exports. Links to GitHub, npm, Microsoft, and other providers lead to services governed by their own terms and policies.

Questions

For a question about these terms, open an issue in the DocBlocks repository. Do not post confidential information in a public issue.