License Information

Aria is licensed under the MIT License, which is a permissive open-source license that allows for free use, modification, and distribution of the software.

MIT License

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2025 Aria Contributors

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.

What This Means

The MIT License grants you the following permissions:

• Use: You can use Aria for any purpose, including commercial applications.
• Modify: You can modify the source code to suit your needs.
• Distribute: You can distribute the original or modified versions of Aria.
• Sublicense: You can incorporate Aria into a proprietary product and distribute it under a different license.

Requirements

The only requirement is that you include the original copyright notice and license text in any copy or substantial portion of the software.

Third-Party Components

Aria includes several third-party components, each with its own license:

• Redis: BSD 3-Clause License
• SearXNG: AGPL-3.0 License
• Byparr: MIT License
• Ollama: MIT License

Please refer to the respective projects for their full license terms.

Contributing

By contributing to Aria, you agree that your contributions will be licensed under the same MIT License as the rest of the project.

For more information, see the contributing guidelines.