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Fair Source distribution & auto-updates

Since 2016, we've handled distribution for hundreds of software products. Keygen is Fair Source, built by developers, for developers. Self-host or try Keygen Cloud today.

Free during development, no upfront commitment

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License-gated

With Keygen, protect your software at the distribution layer with our license-gated CDN. Gain peace of mind that only entitled licensees can download release artifacts.

curl -X GET -G https://api.keygen.sh/v1/accounts/demo/releases/1.9.2/upgrade \
  -H 'Authorization: License C1B6DE-39A6E3-DE1529-8559A0-4AF593-V3' \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.api+json' \
  -d 'constraint=1.0' \
  -d 'channel=stable'

Build vs. buy

Businesses of all sizes face the question of whether to build or buy a software licensing and distribution solution. Keygen gives you a better option that will save your business time and money.

  • Reduce the up-front development and ongoing maintenance costs of a custom in-house solution.
  • Maintain the flexibility of a custom in-house solution, but leave the hard stuff to us.
  • Infrastructure for automatic upgrades, cryptographic signatures, and more.
  • Developer support and integration services by our distribution experts.
  • Cloud and self-hosted options.

All-in-one solution

We'll handle the infrastructure so your team can focus on product. Implement robust software distribution models, from distributing a freemium desktop application, to distributing a premium PyPI package, to Docker containers, to on-premise application binaries.

License

Protect your IP at the application layer with our flagship licensing API. License keys, entitlements, activation, and more.

Distribute

Protect your IP at the distribution layer using our distribution API. License-gated downloads, auto-upgrades, and more.

Scale

Effortlessly go from hundreds of users, to thousands, to hundreds of thousands of users and beyond.

Trusted by over 6,000 software businesses all over the worldincluding F1000s, AI startups, SMBs, and indies

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Solutions for licensing & distribution

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    Managed Keygen Cloud, or explore self-hosting.

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    Guides and API references for developers of all skill levels.

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    Manage your products from an intuitive dashboard.

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  • business Pricing

    From indie to enterprise, we have options for everyone.

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Keygen joins OSS Pledge

Keygen commits to Open Source through the Open Source Pledge.

September 9th, 2024 chevron_right

Licensing is packaging

On the first- and second-order effects of software licensing.

September 2nd, 2024 chevron_right

Keygen is now Fair Source

Keygen relicenses from the Elastic License to the Fair Core License.

August 6th, 2024 chevron_right

Multi-user licenses

Introducing support for multi-user licenses in Keygen.

April 29th, 2024 chevron_right

Cryptographic license files

Introducing a new, secure way to handle offline licensing with Keygen.

April 4th, 2022 chevron_right

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"Licensing was planned to make up at least 25% percent of planned dev time for our product so it's awesome to see that we've been able to cut it down to 2.5% with Keygen." – Ranorex

Free during development, no upfront commitment

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