# License (/introduction/license)



The LVGL project (including all repositories) is licensed under the [MIT license](https://github.com/lvgl/lvgl/blob/master/LICENCE.txt).  This means you can use it
even in commercial projects.

It is not mandatory, but we highly appreciate it if you write a few words about your
project in the [My projects](https://forum.lvgl.io/c/my-projects/10) category of
the forum or a private message to [lvgl.io](https://lvgl.io/#contact).

Although you can get LVGL for free there is a massive amount of work behind it.  It's
created by a group of volunteers who made it available for you in their free time.

To make the LVGL project sustainable, please consider [Contributing](/contributing) to the
project.  You can choose from many different ways of contributing.  See
[Contributing](/contributing) such as simply writing a tweet about you using LVGL, fixing bugs,
translating the documentation, or even becoming a maintainer.