--- title: Warp terminal goes open-source under AGPL, with OpenAI... description: Warp, the Rust-based AI terminal, has open-sourced its client code under a split license: MIT for UI framework crates and AGPL v3 for everything else. OpenAI... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/f2yjfakfc twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Warp terminal goes open-source under AGPL, with OpenAI as founding sponsor | daily.dev og:description: Warp, the Rust-based AI terminal, has open-sourced its client code under a split license: MIT for UI framework crates and AGPL v3 for everything else. OpenAI... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/f2yjfakfc og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/F2yjFakfC.png og:image:alt: Post cover image og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Warp terminal goes open-source under AGPL, with OpenAI as founding sponsor **[Dev Squad](https://daily.dev/sources/devsquad)** · [@jenueldev](https://daily.dev/jenueldev) · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Warp, the Rust-based AI terminal, has open-sourced its client code under a split license: MIT for UI framework crates and AGPL v3 for everything else. OpenAI is the founding sponsor, and agentic workflows run through Warp's proprietary cloud platform Oz. Key limitations include AI features still depending on Warp's backend, with bring-your-own-key model freedom locked behind paid plans. The community has already forked the project as OpenWarp to enable unrestricted OpenAI-compatible endpoints. CEO Zach Lloyd frames this as a competitive business move rather than a philosophical shift, aiming to attract developers who avoid proprietary tools while the developer tooling space consolidates rapidly following Roo Code's sunset and Cursor's acquisition. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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