Canopy is free, open-source software. These terms are mostly the MIT License saying "as is" in longer sentences.
Effective 19 July 2026 · applies to the Canopy desktop app and canopyide.dev
Canopy is open-source software released under the MIT License. The license is the controlling document for your rights in the software: you may use, copy, modify, and redistribute Canopy, commercially or otherwise, subject to its terms. Nothing on this page narrows what the MIT License grants you.
As the MIT License states, the software is provided "as is", without warranty of any kind — no guarantee that it is fit for a particular purpose, free of defects, or uninterrupted. You use it at your own risk. Canopy is an IDE that runs terminals, executes commands, and hosts AI agent CLIs that can modify files; you are responsible for what you (and the agents you launch) run, and for keeping backups and version control of anything you care about.
To the maximum extent permitted by law, Cause Connect Pte. Ltd. and the Canopy contributors shall not be liable for any claim, damages, or other liability arising from the software, the website, or your use of either — including loss of data, loss of profits, or the conduct of third-party tools launched through Canopy.
Canopy integrates with software it does not control — agent CLIs (Claude Code, Codex, Aider, and others), language servers, and your system's shells. Each is governed by its own license and terms, and may involve paid API usage billed to you by its vendor. Canopy bundles some third-party components under their own licenses, listed in THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.md.
canopyide.dev exists to describe Canopy and link to downloads. Don't abuse it (scraping aside — that's fine, there's even an llms.txt). Downloads are served from GitHub releases and are subject to GitHub's terms.
The MIT License covers the code, not the name: "Canopy" and the Canopy mark identify this project and its official builds. If you distribute a modified version, please name it something that won't be mistaken for an official release.
These terms may be revised; the current version will always be published at this address with its effective date. Continued use of the site after a change constitutes acceptance — your rights in the software itself remain governed by the MIT License, which we can't and won't revoke retroactively.
These terms are governed by the laws of Singapore, where Cause Connect Pte. Ltd. is incorporated. Questions: open an issue on GitHub.