App licence

Last updated 18 October 2026

This page explains the licence of the StykAnimate app: the desktop app, its installers and updates, and the browser editor (together, “the app”). The legally binding text is the GNU GPL that comes with the app’s source code. If anything here seems to differ from the GPL, the GPL wins.

1. The GNU GPL

StykAnimate (“we”, “us”) releases the app under the GNU General Public License, version 3 or (at your option) any later version. You don’t need to accept anything to use the app. The GPL gives you the freedom to:

• Use it for any purpose, personal or commercial.
• Study and change it. The complete source code is on GitHub.
• Share it, as it is or modified, including for a fee.

When you share the app or a modified version, you must keep its copyright and licence notices, provide the corresponding source code, and license your version under the GPL too. Read the full licence for the exact conditions.

The app includes third-party components that keep their own licences; they are listed in the source code’s third-party notices.

2. Your animations are yours

The GPL covers the app, not what you make with it. We claim no ownership of your work. You can publish, sell and monetise your animations, projects, figures, videos, GIFs and images, with no fee and no attribution required (a mention is always appreciated).

You’re responsible for what you make. If your work uses characters, music or other material that belongs to someone else, it’s up to you to have the right to use it.

3. The StykAnimate name and logo

The GPL licenses the code, not our name and logo. You can use them to talk about StykAnimate, link to it, or say your project works with it. If you share a modified version, give it a different name and icon so people can tell it apart from official releases, and don’t suggest that your product, channel or website is official.

Official releases are only published at stykanimate.com/download and on our GitHub. Copies from anywhere else may be modified.

4. Updates and online services

The Setup and AppImage versions check for updates and install them automatically. Some features, like sending feedback, browsing the community library or seeing recent releases, connect to stykanimate.com. Usage statistics are only sent if you turn them on. How we handle that data is explained in the privacy policy.

These online services are run by us and are covered by the terms of use, not by the GPL. Don’t attack, overload or scrape them. Modified versions of the app shouldn’t send reports, statistics or library requests to our services in a way that looks like the official app.

We may change, add or remove features, and we may stop developing the app or its online services at any time. The source code stays available under the GPL.

5. No warranty

The app is free and provided “as is”, without warranties of any kind, as far as the law allows, as set out in sections 15 and 16 of the GPL. We don’t promise that it will be error-free, work without interruption, or suit your needs. Save your work and keep backups. We aren’t responsible for lost projects or files.

6. Limitation of liability

As far as the law allows, we are not liable for any indirect, incidental or consequential damage, or for lost data, profits or work, that comes from using or not being able to use the app. Nothing here limits liability that can’t be limited by law, such as liability for intentional misconduct or gross negligence, or your statutory rights as a consumer.

7. General

• Versions of StykAnimate released before 18 October 2026 were distributed under our earlier licence agreement. The same code is now available under the GPL from the source repository.
• This page is governed by Italian law. If you are a consumer, you keep any protections the law of your own country gives you.
• Questions about the licence? Ask us at hello@stykanimate.com.