Is Spacepad open source?

The full source code is public on GitHub and you can modify and self-host it. The licence is a fair-code, sustainable use licence rather than an OSI-approved one: free for personal use and for one display in an organization, with a paid Pro licence above that.

Can I self-host Spacepad for free?

Yes, for one active display. Self-hosted Pro costs $5 per display per month and unlocks unlimited displays and every Pro feature.

Which calendars does the open source version support?

The same as the cloud: Microsoft 365 (Exchange Online), Google Workspace and any CalDAV server such as Nextcloud.

Which tablets does it run on?

Any iPad or Android tablet that can install the Spacepad app from the App Store or Google Play.

Open source

The open source meeting room display

Spacepad is a meeting room display whose full source code is public on GitHub. Run it in our EU cloud or on your own servers, on any iPad or Android tablet, connected to Microsoft 365, Google Workspace or CalDAV.

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What open source means for IT

A room display reads your calendars all day. You should be able to see exactly how.

Auditable

Every line that talks to Microsoft Graph, Google Calendar or your CalDAV server is on GitHub. Your security team can review it before you connect anything.

Self-hostable

Run the same software on your own infrastructure with Docker. Your data stays on servers you control.

No lock-in

Not tied to our hardware, and not tied to our cloud. If you ever leave, the code and your tablets stay usable.

Which licence does Spacepad use?

Spacepad is source available under a fair-code licence, the Spacepad Community License (a sustainable use licence, similar to the model n8n uses). It is not an OSI-approved open source licence, and we would rather say that plainly than have you find out later.

In practice: anyone can read, modify and self-host the code. Personal and educational use is free, and organizations can self-host one active display for free. Above one display, or for Pro features, you need a Pro licence. Offering Spacepad as a hosted service to others requires our written permission.

The Pro licence costs $5 per display per month (or $50 per year) for self-hosted, and $8 per display per month if you would rather let us run it.

Everything a room display needs

Real-time free or busy status, colour coded
Book a room for 15, 30 or 60 minutes on the tablet
Check-in with automatic release of no-shows
Extend or end a meeting from the display
Overview boards for lobbies, shareable on any TV
Logo, background, fonts and your own status texts
Profiles to configure many displays at once
Tablet app in six languages

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