Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to LICENSE4J
Licensing library sdk, license server for software licensing
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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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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Keygen▲252A dead-simple software licensing API built for developers
2016 · keygen.sh · 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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Permit.io▲677The new Permit.io CLI brings developer-first workflows to access control. Define, test, deploy, and enforce fine-grained authorization using AI, CI/CD, GitOps, and OpenAPI — all from your terminal
2023 · permit.io · 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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Hi HN! I'm excited to share a project I've been working on for the past year: Docland. It is an API documentation browser that generates documentation on demand (through compilation, not LLMs) for Java packages. Instead of relying on Javadoc, the built-in doc generator, I created the engine from scratch to give the documentations a modern look, build fast search indexes, and enable link resolution to other packages. I built Docland because I constantly found it frustrating to locate and view API definitions when programming. You'd have to Google the function/class name, skip all the SEO…
2024 · docland.io · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, we’re building an open specification that lets agents discover and invoke APIs with natural language, built on the OpenAPI standard. agents.json clearly defines the contract between LLMs and API as a standard that's open, observable, and replicable. Here’s a walkthrough of how it works: https://youtu.be/kby2Wdt2Dtk?si=59xGCDy48Zzwr7ND. There’s 2 parts to this: 1. An agents.json file describes how to link API calls together into outcome-based tools for LLMs. This file sits alongside an OpenAPI file. 2. The agents.json SDK loads agents.json files as tools for an LLM that…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Free and enterprise JavaScripts components.
2019 · bossanova.uk · its alternatives →
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A SDK for access control policies: authorization for the microservice and IoT age. Inspired by AWS IAM policies. Written for Go. - ory/ladon
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A Clojure game library. Contribute to oakes/play-clj development by creating an account on GitHub.
2014 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Keydock▲133Painless license key generation for products you develop.
2018 · keydock.app · its alternatives →
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A grid library for instant big data processing
2022 · datatable.dev · its alternatives →
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⚖️ ✔️ licensed is an interactive command line tool to help you choose and add licenses to your projects - plibither8/licensed
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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:tropical_drink: A Clojure library for talking to your database. - taylorlapeyre/oj
2014 · github.com · its alternatives →
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