Open source

Open-source licenses & acknowledgements

Frendy is built on excellent open-source software. We're grateful to these projects and list them here to honor their licenses.

Last updated: July 2026

Copyleft components. Items marked copyleft (AGPL-3.0, GPLv2+CE) carry obligations beyond attribution.

Mobile & desktop clients

LibraryAuthorLicense
Kotlin & CoroutinesJetBrainsApache-2.0
Jetpack Compose / Compose Multiplatform / Material 3Google · JetBrainsApache-2.0
AndroidX (Activity, Navigation, Lifecycle, Paging, Camera, Security, Biometric)Google / AOSPApache-2.0
Ktor Client · kotlinx.serializationJetBrainsApache-2.0
SQLDelightCash AppApache-2.0
OkHttp & Logging InterceptorSquareApache-2.0
CoilCoil ContributorsApache-2.0
GsonGoogleApache-2.0
LiveKit SDK (Android / Swift)LiveKit Inc.Apache-2.0
ExoPlayer / Media3GoogleApache-2.0
ZXing (QR)ZXing AuthorsApache-2.0
WebRTC (Android via LiveKit · desktop webrtc-java · iOS stasel/WebRTC)WebRTC Project · onvoid · staselBSD-3-Clause
Socket.IO client (Java · Swift)Socket.IO ContributorsMIT
JNAjava-native-accessApache-2.0 / LGPL-2.1
sqlite-jdbc (willena, SQLCipher build) · swift-sqlcipherwillena · skiptools · ZeteticApache-2.0 · BSD
ML Kit Barcode · Firebase Cloud Messaging & CrashlyticsGoogleGoogle Terms
whisper.cpp · Whisper modelG. Gerganov · OpenAIMIT
libsignal-client (Double Ratchet, X3DH, PQXDH)Signal MessengerAGPL-3.0 · copyleft
OpenJFX / JavaFX (desktop media)Gluon / OpenJDKGPLv2 + Classpath
FFmpeg (bundled CLI — desktop audio/video decode)FFmpeg teamLGPL-2.1+

Server

LibraryAuthorLicense
Node.js · ExpressOpenJS FoundationMIT
Mongoose · MongoDB driverAutomattic · MongoDBMIT · Apache-2.0
Socket.IOSocket.IO ContributorsMIT
firebase-admin · livekit-server-sdkGoogle · LiveKit Inc.Apache-2.0
jsonwebtoken · bcryptjs · helmet · cors · morgan · express-rate-limit · uuid · winstonvariousMIT
dotenvMotdotlaBSD-2-Clause
multerExpress ContributorsMIT
sharp (image processing)Lovell FullerApache-2.0

Infrastructure & website

ComponentAuthorLicense
LiveKit (SFU)LiveKit Inc.Apache-2.0
coturn (TURN/STUN)coturn projectBSD-3-Clause
nginxNginx Inc.BSD-2-Clause
MongoDB (server)MongoDB Inc.SSPL-1.0
Sora · IBM Plex Sans / Mono · Noto Sans SC (fonts)various type foundriesSIL OFL 1.1

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