Is Emoji Datasource free for commercial use?

Do you need to credit Emoji Datasource?

Credit depends on the item.

“Twitter images are available under the [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license]” github.com/iamcal/emoji-data

Can you ship Emoji Datasource content inside an app or game?

Ship inside your app with conditions.

“Android/Google/Noto images, are available under the [Apache License 2.0]” github.com/iamcal/emoji-data

Rules to follow

• Keep the MIT license and copyright notice with the code and data you ship.
• Do not use Apple emoji images in commercial products; they are not licensed for commercial use.
• Credit Twitter (Twemoji) images under CC BY 4.0 when you use them; Google Noto images fall under Apache 2.0.
• Avoid Facebook images, which have no clear license; use the 'clean' sheets so no fallback images from other sets are mixed in.

- Emoji Datasource (Emoji). Emoji data in JSON plus spritesheet images from Apple, Google, Twitter and Facebook sets, distributed on GitHub and npm. Price: free; commercial use with conditions; credit depends on the item; ship inside your app with conditions.
  Connect: npm emoji-datasource.
  Get files: npm install emoji-datasource (32px sheets); extra npm packages emoji-datasource-apple, -google, -twitter, -facebook for other sizes and sets; images also on jsDelivr (json, png).
  Not allowed: Apple images are not licensed for commercial use
  Not allowed: Facebook images have no clear licensing
  Not allowed: Google/Noto images are under Apache License 2.0; Twitter images are under CC BY 4.0
  Not allowed: Use the 'clean' sprite sheets to avoid fallback images from other sets
  Rule: Keep the MIT license and copyright notice with the code and data you ship.
  Rule: Do not use Apple emoji images in commercial products; they are not licensed for commercial use.
  Rule: Credit Twitter (Twemoji) images under CC BY 4.0 when you use them; Google Noto images fall under Apache 2.0.
  Rule: Avoid Facebook images, which have no clear license; use the 'clean' sheets so no fallback images from other sets are mixed in.
  License: https://github.com/iamcal/emoji-data/blob/HEAD/LICENSE (checked 2026-10-20; details: https://agentgid.com/assets/emoji-datasource/)

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