Open, enterprise-grade licensing & distribution

Keygen is a fair source software licensing and distribution API, built for developers, by developers. Self-host or try Keygen Cloud today.

Free during development, no upfront commitment

Developer-first

We've designed Keygen's API to be easy to use for developers of all skill sets. Use our official SDKs or grab your favorite HTTP library.

keygen.LicenseKey = "C1B6DE-39A6E3-DE1529-8559A0-4AF593-V3"
 
// Validate the license
license, err := keygen.Validate(fingerprint)
if err == keygen.ErrLicenseExpired {
  panic("license is expired!")
}
 
if err == keygen.ErrLicenseNotActivated {
  // Activate the license
  machine, _ := license.Activate(fingerprint)
 
  fmt.Printf(
    "activated machine %s for license %s!\n",
    machine.ID,
    license.ID,
  )
}
keygen.LicenseKey = "C1B6DE-39A6E3-DE1529-8559A0-4AF593-V3"

// Validate the license
license, err := keygen.Validate(fingerprint)
if err == keygen.ErrLicenseExpired {
  panic("license is expired!")
}

if err == keygen.ErrLicenseNotActivated {
  // Activate the license
  machine, _ := license.Activate(fingerprint)

  fmt.Printf(
    "activated machine %s for license %s!\n",
    machine.ID,
    license.ID,
  )
}

Cloud-native

Keygen was born in the cloud. Cloud is in our team's DNA. With Keygen Cloud, we'll handle all the hard stuff while your team focuses on product.

Focus

Let your team focus on product, not in-house licensing and distribution. Save time by using Keygen Cloud as a ready-to-go licensing solution.

Maintenance

Skip the expensive up-front and ongoing costs of an in-house or self-hosted licensing solution. Save your business development time and money with Keygen Cloud.

Scale

Effortlessly go from hundreds of users, to thousands, to hundreds of thousands and beyond. We'll handle the infrastructure so your team can focus on product.

Security

We strive to ensure that data stored within Keygen Cloud is as secure as possible. TLS, HA, continuous backups, data encryption at-rest, in-transit, and at-work.

Enterprise-grade

Keygen EE, our Enterprise Edition, is perfect for businesses that want to self-host Keygen.

Keygen EE comes with the following:

docker run --name keygen.1 -p 3000:3000 \
  -e DATABASE_URL="postgres://postgres:[email protected]:5432/postgres" \
  -e REDIS_URL="redis://host.docker.internal:6379" \
  -e KEYGEN_LICENSE_FILE_PATH="/etc/keygen/ee.lic" \
  -e KEYGEN_LICENSE_KEY="C1B6DE-39A6E3-DE1529-8559A0-4AF593-V3" \
  -e KEYGEN_ACCOUNT_ID="c8ef4b4b-9a0a-49c7-8ea4-c47d13aa11f9" \
  -e KEYGEN_HOST="licensing.enterprise.example" \
  -e KEYGEN_MODE="singleplayer" \
  -e KEYGEN_EDITION="EE" \
  -v /etc/keygen:/etc/keygen \
  keygen/api web
docker run --name keygen.1 -p 3000:3000 \
  -e DATABASE_URL="postgres://postgres:postgres@host.docker.internal:5432/postgres" \
  -e REDIS_URL="redis://host.docker.internal:6379" \
  -e KEYGEN_LICENSE_FILE_PATH="/etc/keygen/ee.lic" \
  -e KEYGEN_LICENSE_KEY="C1B6DE-39A6E3-DE1529-8559A0-4AF593-V3" \
  -e KEYGEN_ACCOUNT_ID="c8ef4b4b-9a0a-49c7-8ea4-c47d13aa11f9" \
  -e KEYGEN_HOST="licensing.enterprise.example" \
  -e KEYGEN_MODE="singleplayer" \
  -e KEYGEN_EDITION="EE" \
  -v /etc/keygen:/etc/keygen \
  keygen/api web

Fair-source

Keygen CE, our Community Edition, is free to self-host for personal and commercial projects.

Free

Keygen CE is free (as in beer) to self-host for any project. We want to make licensing accessible for everyone.

Open

Keygen is licensed under the Fair Core License. Browse the code on GitHub, clone it, fork it, modify it, use it.

Community

Join our communities on GitHub and Discord to make friends, talk shop, and get community support.

Contribute

Want to see something new in Keygen? Open an issue or pull request and let's talk about your new idea.

Ready, set, run

Clone it, run the setup, then serve. That's it. Self-hosting made easy.

git clone https://github.com/keygen-sh/keygen-api && cd keygen-api
bundle
bundle exec rails keygen:setup
bundle exec rails server
git clone https://github.com/keygen-sh/keygen-api && cd keygen-api
bundle
bundle exec rails keygen:setup
bundle exec rails server