Built on open source — and we say so.
Axis is a distribution of genuinely open-source applications, packaged, designed and supported by FLOWW Media. Here’s exactly what that means.
What’s open, and what’s ours
The Axis apps are built on open-source projects licensed under the permissive MIT and Apache-2.0 licenses. Those licenses let anyone use, modify and redistribute the code — including commercially — as long as the original copyright and license notices are preserved. We preserve them.
What FLOWW Media builds and maintains on top is the product you actually buy: the unified launcher, the cloud & self-hosting portal, a single design system across the whole suite, packaging and signing, support, documentation and the roadmap — including our AI features. The foundation is open; the suite is ours, and the credit is shared.
How we credit the original projects
Attribution travels with the software, which is where the licenses require it: every Axis app ships the upstream copyright notices, license texts and (for Apache-2.0) NOTICE files, viewable in-app under About → Licenses & acknowledgements. All Axis branding and artwork is original — the upstream logos are not open source and are never reused.
The projects behind each app
| Axis app | Built on | License |
|---|---|---|
 Axis Graphics | photocraft | MIT / Apache-2.0 |
 Axis Photos | lightcraft | MIT / Apache-2.0 |
 Axis Vector | vectorcraft | MIT / Apache-2.0 |
 Axis Layout | designcraft | MIT / Apache-2.0 |
 Axis Video | filmcraft | MIT / Apache-2.0 |
 Axis Effects | effectcraft | MIT / Apache-2.0 |
 Axis PDF | pdfcraft | MIT / Apache-2.0 |
 Axis Write | wordcraft | MIT / Apache-2.0 |
 Axis Sheet | gridcraft | MIT / Apache-2.0 |
 Axis Deck | deckcraft | MIT / Apache-2.0 |
Full per-component license texts and attributions are included in each app’s distribution. This page is a summary, not a substitute for those notices.
The publisher
Axis is a product of FLOWW Media, an independent creative-media studio. Axis is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Adobe Inc. or Microsoft Corp.; those products are named only to describe, factually, what each Axis app is for.