Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Keydock
Painless license key generation for products you develop.
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites. Keydock launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Keygen▲252A dead-simple software licensing API built for developers
2016 · keygen.sh · its alternatives →
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Keygen is a powerful software licensing API for desktop apps, on-premise software and other software products written in Go, Rust, JS, C/C++, C#, Swift, Java, Kotlin and more.
2017 · keygen.sh · its alternatives →
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Open Source License Key Generation and Verification Tool written in Go - furkansenharputlu/f-license
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Generate keywords with AI in seconds
2023 · adsby.co · its alternatives →
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Localdockfrom $9/mo▲121Localdock is a macOS menubar app that assigns a permanent, human-readable address to each local project so your dev servers dont collide on ports and your URLs stay stable. Use the same name on localhost, across your Wi-Fi to test on a phone, or via a temporary public HTTPS link
Aug 2026 · localdock.dev · its alternatives →
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This free, open-source .NET library allows you to license your non-free applications through activation keys. Follow the quick start instructions and try it out in 5 minutes! Available on: NuGet https://www.nuget.org/packages/SNBS.Licensing.ActivationKeys... Website (full docs, downloads) https://snbslibs.github.io/Licensing.ActivationKeys GitHub (downloads, full docs, release notes etc.) https://github.com/SNBSLibs/Licensing.ActivationKeys
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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keychains.dev▲177Hi HN — I’m a heavy OpenClaw user and, like many others, I’ve been thinking about how to give these new “unleashed” agents secure access to my accounts. Agents need API access to be useful. But API keys are long-lived secrets. And agents are not secure environments. So I built something for myself that quickly turned into a product: keychains.dev. The idea is simple: agents never see raw credentials. With Keychains.dev: • Agents make API calls via a drop-in replacement for curl or JavaScript’s fetch() • They use template variable names instead of embedding credentials • The request is…
Feb 2026 · keychains.dev · its alternatives →
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Keyforge▲8Hey 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,…
2025 · keyforge.dev · its alternatives →
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Keyflow▲1License keys for indie devs, no server required
Sep 2026 · appkeyflow.com · its alternatives →
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KeyHippo [LW24]▲141Add API key auth to Postgres Row Level Security (RLS) policy
2024 · keyhippo.com · its alternatives →
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An Easy tool for managing license keys and subscriptions.
2025 · licensehub.app · its alternatives →
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Turnkey▲71Simple APIs to securely manage your crypto private keys
2023 · turnkey.com · its alternatives →
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Cryptlex▲3Generate and validate license keys to sell your products.
2018 · cryptlex.com · its alternatives →
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keykit▲2A licensing API for your WordPress plugins & other software
2019 · keykit.io · its alternatives →
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