Axolotl AI

license

Apache-2.0(OSI)

source

public(axolotl-ai-cloud/axolotl)

core-gated

ungated(Apache-2.0 across the repo, no ee/ or enterprise directory, no license key and no closed package

Apache-2.0 across the whole repository, with the full source public and no proprietary managed training service, only deployment templates for third-party clouds. Nothing is withheld from the open package: there is no enterprise directory, no license-key gate and no closed component the open code depends on. The only paid offering is dedicated support by email.

• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/axolotl-ai-cloud/axolotl/main/LICENSE recorded 2026-08-11

  The body is the standard, unmodified Apache License, Version 2.0 text, with no custom copyright line or added restriction layered on top.

• https://github.com/axolotl-ai-cloud/axolotl recorded 2026-08-11

  Repo page for Axolotl, licensed Apache-2.0; the README states "This project is licensed under the Apache 2.0 License." Top-level directories are .github, .runpod, .vscode, cicd, deepspeed_configs, devtools, docker, docs, examples, image, scripts, src/axolotl, tests -- no ee/ or enterprise directory, no closed dependency and no license key. The only commercial line is "Need dedicated support? Please contact wing@axolotl.ai for options".

• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/axolotl-ai-cloud/axolotl/main/README.md recorded 2026-08-09

  Documents pip and Docker installation for self-hosting (uv pip install axolotl; docker run axolotlai/axolotl:main-latest) and lists third-party cloud deployment templates (RunPod, Vast.ai, PRIME Intellect, Modal, Novita, JarvisLabs, Latitude.sh) rather than a first-party managed or paid tier -- corroborates core-gated:ungated, which is not currently recorded as a controlled token on this product.

• https://axolotl.ai/ recorded 2026-08-09

  The marketing homepage frames the product as free and open source, self-hostable in your own cloud or Docker/Kubernetes setup, names third-party sponsors (e.g. Modal) rather than a first-party hosted offering, and carries no pricing page -- further corroborates core-gated:ungated.