Show HN: I made a simple software licensing platform for developers

4 nic13gamer 0 5/31/2025, 12:47:33 PM keyforge.dev ↗

Hey HN,

A few months ago I realized licensing my app wasn't as straightforward as I expected. There was too much setup just to create a license, and the customer experience was not great. All I wanted was for licenses to be generated automatically when I got paid, and for customers to manage their own licenses.

So I built Keyforge, a simple software licensing platform for developers.

It integrates with Stripe so that licenses are created automatically when someone purchases or subscribes to your product. There's also a self-serve customer portal where users can manage their licenses, devices, and download invoices.

Would love to hear what you think.

Nicholas

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