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Last updated 27 October 2026
The Bible stands on the work of others. Each work below keeps its own copyright and licence; the full licence texts ship with the app.
The Bible app
© 2026 DC. Design, code and original writing (daily reflections, prayers, reading plans and the “How are you feeling?” selections). All rights reserved, except for the third-party works listed below, which remain under their own licences.
Bible texts
King James Version (KJV)
Public domain · MIT (data files)The KJV text is in the public domain in most of the world. In the United Kingdom, rights in the Authorized Version are vested in the Crown.
The bundled files come from Bible-kjv by Arul John, © 2019 Arul John, MIT License. Full text: bibles/kjv/LICENSE.
Changes: converted to one compact file per book.
Telugu Bible (తెలుగు బైబిల్)
MIT LicenseFrom Bible-telugu by Arul John, © 2021 Arul John, MIT License. Full text: bibles/tel/LICENSE.
Changes: converted to one compact file per book, matched to the KJV book list (Song of Songs as Song of Solomon), one empty verse skipped and one book name corrected.
World English Bible, American Standard Version (1901), Bible in Basic English
Public domainLoaded on request from bible-api.com, which lists all three translations as public domain.
Cross references
Bible cross references
GPL-2.0 · source data CC BY-SA 4.0From bible-cross-reference-json by josephilipraja, GNU General Public License version 2. Full text: bibles/xref/LICENSE.
That collection credits the MetaV project by SoulLiberty, now Theographic Bible Metadata, published under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0.
Changes: converted to one file per book, runs of consecutive verses merged into ranges, and 45 references to verses that do not exist removed. The modified data is published with the app’s source in bibles/xref.
Fonts
All four typefaces are used under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and are served as subsets containing only the characters the app needs.
Fraunces
SIL Open Font License 1.1Copyright 2018 The Fraunces Project Authors. Licence · Source
Literata
SIL Open Font License 1.1Copyright 2017 The Literata Project Authors. Licence · Source
Geist
SIL Open Font License 1.1Noto Serif Telugu
SIL Open Font License 1.1Services
bible-api.com
Free public APIServes the WEB, ASV and BBE chapters. No key or account is used.
Vercel
HostingHosts the website. See Privacy for what a host receives.