The plain-English terms for using and sharing CRY Free Optimizer, plus the open-source notices for the components CRY is built on. CRY is free — use it, share it, just don't sell it or pass it off as your own.
CRY is free. You may download it, run it, and share the unmodified portable build with anyone. You may not sell it, charge for it, or repackage it as your own product. The app bundles open-source parts — Dear ImGui (MIT) and the Montserrat typeface (SIL Open Font License 1.1) — whose notices are reproduced below.
CRY (“we”, “us”) grants you a personal, worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive license to download, install, and use CRY Free Optimizer on the Windows computers you own or control, at no cost. You may also pass the original, unmodified portable build along to friends, family, colleagues, or a community — sharing the tool is welcome and encouraged.
This page describes how you may use and distribute the CRY application itself. Your use of the software is also subject to the EULA and the Disclaimer; where this License and the EULA overlap, read them together. Nothing here grants rights to the CRY name or marks — see Trademark note.
CRY is and remains free: no purchase, no subscription, no license key, no account, and no ads. There is no paid tier hiding behind the free one.
You are free to redistribute CRY, with these common-sense limits:
The official download is a portable .zip (extract and run) or a one-click installer for Windows 10 & 11 (64-bit). To be sure you have a genuine, current build, get it from the official download page.
Here is the grant at a glance — what you may do, what you must do, and what is not covered.
Personal and internal use on Windows machines you own or control; running the app non-elevated and granting admin only when you apply a change; redistributing the original, unmodified portable build free of charge.
Keep the software unmodified and free; preserve the notices on this page when you redistribute; comply with the EULA and the open-source notices below for the bundled components.
No selling, no repackaging or rebranding, no bundling with unwanted software, no use of the CRY name or marks, and no warranty — the software is provided “as is” (see the Disclaimer).
The freedom to share CRY does not extend to the open-source components it bundles in a way that overrides their own licenses. Those components keep their original terms, reproduced in the following sections.
CRY stands on excellent open-source work. We are grateful to its authors and we honor their licenses. The components bundled with the app are:
Each component remains governed by its own license, summarized and referenced below. If a future build adds or changes a bundled component, this page will be updated to list it.
CRY's user interface is built with Dear ImGui, which is distributed under the MIT License by the Dear ImGui authors. The MIT License grants broad permission, with one simple condition — the copyright and permission notice must travel with the software:
The full, unmodified MIT license text and copyright notice for Dear ImGui are included with the CRY distribution. This summary is provided for convenience and does not replace that notice; the original license text controls. SPDX identifier: MIT.
The typeface bundled with the CRY application is Montserrat, licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1 (OFL 1.1). In plain terms, the OFL lets the font be used, studied, embedded, and redistributed freely, subject to a few conditions:
The full, unmodified OFL 1.1 text and the font's copyright/reserved-name notice are included with the CRY distribution. This summary does not replace that license; the original OFL text controls. SPDX identifier: OFL-1.1.
When you redistribute CRY, you must keep the third-party notices intact. Specifically:
Honoring these notices is what keeps open-source work sustainable — it costs nothing and it's required.
This License covers the software. It does not grant any rights in our brand. The CRY name, the “CRY Free Optimizer” wordmark, and the cream-dot / mask mark are not licensed for reuse. You may not use them to name, brand, or promote your own product, to imply that we endorse or are affiliated with you, or in any way likely to cause confusion.
You may, of course, use the name nominatively to refer to CRY honestly — for example, “a mirror of CRY Free Optimizer” or “built with the CRY app” — as long as you don't suggest official status. Names of third parties (such as Microsoft, Windows, and the apps listed in the App Installer) belong to their respective owners and are referenced for identification only.
Not sure whether your use is allowed — for example, mirroring CRY for a community, including it on a tools disk, or referencing the brand? Ask first; we're reasonable. Email realwilari@gmail.com. For security matters, see our Security & Responsible Disclosure page or write to realwilari@gmail.com.
This License is governed by the laws of the jurisdiction in which CRY is established, and the software is offered by CRY, without prejudice to mandatory consumer-protection rights in your country of residence.