# The free license

A free license for 1 organization, 1 workspace and 3 people, that never ends.

It allows unlimited workflows and runs, and is checked on your server without calling anyone. It doesn’t include Embedding, white-label branding, single sign-on or SCIM: those come with a paid license. It needs GoRunner v2026.10.3 or newer.

## Get a free license

1. Ask GoRunner for one at [gorunner.io/contact](https://gorunner.io/contact), with your email address and the name it should be licensed to: your company, or your own.
2. It arrives by email. Keep the email: it is your copy.
3. Paste it on the license page, as in [First sign-in](https://docs.gorunner.io/self-host/first-sign-in#load-your-license).

You should see the License card says **Free**, licensed to the name you gave.

One free license works on as many installations as you like. Each is held to its limits.

## What counts

- **Organizations: 1**: Every organization on the installation.
- **Workspaces: 1**: Every workspace, in every organization.
- **Seats: 3**: Everyone in an organization, and every invitation not yet accepted, revoked or expired.

The installation’s built-in `admin@localhost` never counts. The card shows each, such as **Seats 2 of 3 · 1 free** or **Workspaces 1 of 1 · In use**. Exactly full is normal.

## At the limits

GoRunner adds nothing past a limit, and says so with the numbers. Inviting a fourth person shows “All 3 seats are taken: 2 people and 1 invitation. Remove someone or revoke an invitation to free one, or load a license with more.”

Someone who isn’t a platform admin is told to ask one instead. A second organization or workspace is refused the same way: “This installation’s free license has 1 organization, and it’s in use.”

## Free and paid

- **A paid license wins**: Wherever each is loaded, a paid license in force is used over a free one.
- **Free to paid**: On the License card, press **Replace…** and paste the paid one.
- **Paid to free**: Only while the installation fits. A bigger one is refused, with its counts: “… The free license covers 1 organization, 1 workspace and 3 seats.”
- **Free in `LICENSE_KEY`**: Not used when the installation doesn’t fit it. The license page says why.

**Made with v2026.10.0 to v2026.10.2?**

Those installations made a starter organization before their first account, usually empty. The free license counts it. **Platform › Organizations** then says “The starter organization is empty.”

Press **Remove starter organization…**, type a current 6-digit code, and press **Remove organization**. The notice shows only while it holds nothing; move or delete anything in it first.

## Related

- [Your license](https://docs.gorunner.io/self-host/license): The License card, and renewing · 4 min
- [First sign-in](https://docs.gorunner.io/self-host/first-sign-in): Load your license · 5 min

Source: https://docs.gorunner.io/self-host/free-license