Licenses & credits

Social9 is built with the help of many photographers, designers and open-source projects. Thank you to all of them.

Last updated 5 October 2026

01Photos

02AI models

  • YuNet for finding faces, OpenCV Zoo, MIT License
  • MODNet for cutting out people (Xenova/modnet), Apache License 2.0
  • ISNet for cutting out objects, pets and groups (Ko033/isnet-general-use-onnx), Apache License 2.0
  • Real-ESRGAN for upscaling (xinntao/Real-ESRGAN, general x4v3), BSD 3-Clause License
  • MI-GAN for removing objects (Picsart AI Research, andraniksargsyan/migan), MIT License

03Stickers and backgrounds

  • 3D stickers: Microsoft Fluent Emoji, MIT License. Social9 added the white sticker edge.
  • Gradients: uiGradients by Indrashish Ghosh, MIT License
  • Drawn stickers, glasses and patterns: made by Social9

04Open-source software

  • Social9 Core, the code that processes your photos, is open source under the Apache License 2.0 (GitHub)
  • ONNX Runtime Web, MIT License
  • Next.js and React, MIT License
  • Motion, Zustand, Lenis, heic2any, exifr, MIT License
  • Tailwind CSS, MIT License
  • react-icons (MIT) with Font Awesome Free icons (CC BY 4.0) and Simple Icons (CC0)

05Fonts

Cabinet Grotesk and Satoshi by Indian Type Foundry, via Fontshare, used under the ITF Free Font License.

06Trademarks

Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp are trademarks of Meta Platforms, Inc. LinkedIn is a trademark of LinkedIn Corporation. X is a trademark of X Corp. YouTube is a trademark of Google LLC. TikTok is a trademark of ByteDance Ltd. Pinterest is a trademark of Pinterest, Inc. Social9 is independent and not affiliated with, sponsored or endorsed by any of them.