A dead-simple software licensing API built for developers

Since 2016, we've handled licensing for thousands of software products. For developers, by developers.


Free during development, no upfront commitment

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Demo of the Keygen admin dashboard
curl -X POST https://api.keygen.sh/v1/accounts/demo/licenses/actions/validate-key \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json' \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.api+json' \
  -d '{
        "meta": {
          "key": "C1B6DE-39A6E3-DE1529-8559A0-4AF593-V3",
          "scope": {
            "product": "ef6e0993-70d6-42c4-a0e8-846cb2e3fa54",
            "fingerprint": "42:29:d3:ae:33:0c:47"
          }
        }
      }'

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  • checkStop paying for your own in-house license server and let your engineering team focus on improving your product, instead of maintaining a custom licensing solution.
  • checkImplement robust software licensing types that can scale with your product. From powerful node-locked licensing, to floating licenses, to licensing virtual machines — we can handle it all.
  • checkProtect your IP at the distribution layer using our software distribution tools, and at application layer with our licensing solutions.
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