> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.bento.surf/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Bento is open source

> Understand the published self-hosted edition, its license, and its release boundary.

The published self-hostable Bento edition is available at [github.com/bizibeast/bento-surf-open-source](https://github.com/bizibeast/bento-surf-open-source).

Its current snapshot includes Link, Store, Email Marketing, Priority DM, Calendar, Community, Post Scheduler, Social Insights, Auto DMs, Earn, Settings, customer checkout and Library flows, remote OAuth MCP, and page-scoped WebMCP.

<Warning>
  The public repository is a versioned release, not an instant mirror of hosted Bento. Check
  `docs/upstream-source.json` and the public release history before assuming a newly launched hosted
  feature is already self-hostable.
</Warning>

## How the editions differ

| Hosted Bento                                              | Self-hosted Bento                                                           |
| --------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Bento operates the application and shared infrastructure. | You operate the application and infrastructure.                             |
| Create an account and choose a Bento plan.                | Use your own Supabase, Cloudflare, and provider accounts.                   |
| Bento manages production configuration and upgrades.      | You choose when to apply public releases, migrations, and provider changes. |
| Support is available at `support@bento.surf`.             | Deployment and provider operations are your responsibility.                 |

Corporate marketing pages and Bento-only founder operations are intentionally outside the public source boundary.

## License

The repository is licensed under **GNU AGPL-3.0-only**. If you modify it and let users interact with the modified software over a network, the AGPL requires offering those users the corresponding source. Read the repository's [LICENSE](https://github.com/bizibeast/bento-surf-open-source/blob/main/LICENSE) before deploying.

<Note>
  The repository contains a tested local and deployment foundation. A successful build, health
  response, or dry run does not prove your live payment, email, social, calendar, MCP, or WebMCP
  integrations.
</Note>