Keygen

Software licensing and distribution API.

Keygen is a software licensing and distribution API for desktop apps, on-premise software and other software products. It handles license validation, device activation, entitlements and software distribution, available as a hosted cloud service (Keygen Cloud) or self-hosted editions (Community Edition and Enterprise Edition).

Keygen offers a Software Licensing API with license types including perpetual, timed, trial, node-locked, user-locked, floating, metered, feature and offline licenses, plus device activations, user identities and licensing analytics. A Distribution API supports OCI/Docker, npm, RubyGems, Tauri, PyPI and binary package engines. Enterprise Edition adds custom environments, roles and permissions, request and audit logs, SAML/SSO and IP black/whitelisting; Community Edition is free to self-host under the Fair Core License.

Keygen Cloud is packaged in Dev, Std and Ent tiers, with a free Dev tier for development and small projects and paid tiers scaled by active licensed users. Self-hosting is available through the free Community Edition or a flat-rate Enterprise Edition license, with a trial option for Enterprise Edition. Add-ons include whitelabel API, premium and custom support SLAs, custom rate limits and static IPs on higher tiers.

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