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24 alternatives to SublimeKeys

Sell your desktop app. We handle the license keys.

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, 1 of them free or with a free tier.

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    Keydock▲133

    Painless license key generation for products you develop.

    2018 · keydock.app · 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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    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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    Port22▲239

    Claude Code, Codex & more on your phone

    Aug 2026 · tryport22.com · its alternatives →

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    Keygen▲252

    A dead-simple software licensing API built for developers

    2016 · keygen.sh · its alternatives →

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    AgentKeyfree tier▲400

    One-stop live data marketplace for your agent

    Jul 2026 · agentkey.app · its alternatives →

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    Focus on your software - let us handle your keys, releases

    2023 · its alternatives →

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    Hey HN, I'm so happy to finally show you all this release after years of hard work. I posted the first version of EnvKey to HN back in 2017 (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15330757), then went through YC in W18 (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16569534). EnvKey is an end-to-end encrypted configuration and secrets manager. It protects your organization's API keys, encryption keys, credentials, and other secrets, and makes it easy to run servers, scripts, tests, and everything else with the latest config. It also helps you avoid duplication in your…

    2022 · v2.envkey.com · its alternatives →

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    Use Touch ID / Secure Enclave for SSH Authentication! - sekey/sekey

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    EnvKey▲79

    Protect api keys and credentials. Keep config in sync.

    2017 · 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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    License keys for indie devs, no server required

    Sep 2026 · appkeyflow.com · its alternatives →

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    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,…

    2025 · keyforge.dev · its alternatives →

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    KeyMe▲126

    Copy keys. Solve lockouts.

    2014 · key.me · its alternatives →

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    Develop faster, eliminate complexity, protect your secrets

    2022 · 1password.com · its alternatives →

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    Latchkey▲122

    Hi HN, At Imbue, we’ve been following the rapid developments in the agent landscape and noticed that the way agents interact with third-party services on users’ behalf often leaves a lot to be desired. Integrations are ad hoc, complicated, context-heavy, and either unfriendly to non-technical users or tied to a lock-in of some sort. We‘re experimenting with a command-line tool, Latchkey, that could be used by local agents targeted at non-technical users while avoiding remote intermediaries. As far as we know, this is the only existing approach at the intersection of these two goals. Core…

    Mar 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    DCP▲104

    Give your AI agents encrypted permission and keys

    May 2026 · dcpagent.com · its alternatives →

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    Keymint▲12

    Modern software licensing made simple

    2025 · keymint.dev · its alternatives →

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    Legit▲10

    Automatically generate LICENSE files

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Generate and validate license keys to sell your products.

    2018 · cryptlex.com · its alternatives →

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    keykit▲2

    A licensing API for your WordPress plugins & other software

    2019 · keykit.io · 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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    Open Source License Key Generation and Verification Tool written in Go - furkansenharputlu/f-license

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A prompt bar that lets your app edit itself

    Jul 2026 · agentkeyboard.com · its alternatives →

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