Three layers, three licenses.
Borrow the code, credit the drawings, leave the pineapples. Each layer of the system has its own terms, and each file in the repository falls in exactly one.
What each license covers
Copy them into anything, commercial work included. Keep the copyright notice and the license text with the code.
- /tokens.json
- /tokens.css
- /bundle.css
- The code snippets on component sheets
Share and remix for personal and non-commercial work, with a credit link to boluo.design. Commercial use needs permission.
- These pages and their text
- The FigureKit and the article figures
- /llms.txt, /skill/SKILL.md
Shown here as reference, not for reuse. Ask first.
- The 13 drawings in /brand/
- The name Boluo
How to credit
A visible link to https://boluo.design, near the thing you reused. The Insert credit line is the house form:
Figure adapted from Boluo Design ↗ · CC BY-NC 4.0No link required. Keep the MIT notice below in the copied file or alongside it. A credit in your colophon is welcome, never required.
MIT License (code)
MIT License Copyright (c) 2026 Boluo This license covers the code of Boluo Design only: tokens.json, tokens.css, bundle.css, the code snippets on the component sheets, and the source code of this website. Docs and figures are licensed separately under CC BY-NC 4.0 (see LICENSE-DOCS.md). The pineapple drawings, the avatar and the name "Boluo" are not covered and remain all rights reserved (see BRAND.md). Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
CC BY-NC 4.0 (docs and figures)
The docs and figures are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. The full legal code is at creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode.
