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Added: 2025-06-11

Last Reviewed: 2025-06-11

Issues exist

There's some FOSS code here, but there are licensing, marketing or transparency issues.

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Details

The project is provided under a mix of MIT code and code under a non-FOSS Novu Proprietary Software License.

Based on a quick search, many parts of the FOSS MIT code appear to rely on code under the non-FOSS license.

The project advertises itself as open source on its website, their GitHub description and within their readme.

Issues were raised to the project on GitHub, where they have been responsive to making some changes to improve license clarity, but the issues described above remain.

The project appears to have raised at least $6.6m in funding from investors which include Crane Venture Partners, Eniac Ventures, MXV Capital, Entrée Capital and Ariel Maislos. The project appears to generate revenue from selling paid and hosted versions of its software.

Details last reviewed 2025-06-11. Our reviews are performed manually, without legal expertise, and therefore may be inaccurate or missing detail relevant for your use. Please don't treat this as legal guidance or assurance of any kind.

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