Hi everyone, I would like to develop a mobile app that will solely rely on the n8n API, either the self hosted community edition or the cloud version. The app will be free, but for some features, I’m considering offering a subscription based service to access advanced features within the app (such as using an LLM to help generate workflows). Essentially, my app will provide a mobile UI/UX to interact with an n8n instance. Would this violate any licenses?
Hi, you can’t without the embed license.
In the FAQ it says:
“You will need an embed license if you host n8n as part of a commercial offering or provide access to the UI to end users, including white labeling, reselling or cloud hosting.”
In my case, I won’t be hosting n8n, users will connect their own instance. I am not providing a service, the client app I would make would just consume the n8n API. Would I still need an embed license for that?
Oh in that case it should work, thought you meant having your instance being the main one. And people could create workflows in your app which would translate a working flow in your instance.
If it’s their own instance it should be fair game. Honestly a good idea aswell. Have seen multiple posts of people asking about mobile/ipad support.
However, before putting a lot of time I recommend you to email them to be entirely sure. [email protected].
Thank you for your answer. I believe it should work with the community license, but it does seem a bit like a grey area. I’ll get in touch with the licensing team. 
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