https://licensemanager.dev/blog Articles on licensing desktop apps, selling software with Stripe, and validating license keys online and offline. en Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://licensemanager.dev/blog/activation-licensing-service https://licensemanager.dev/blog/activation-licensing-service What an activation licensing service does, what happens when a customer activates a key, how limits, deactivation and offline activation work, and how to choose one. Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://licensemanager.dev/blog/add-license-keys-to-tauri-app https://licensemanager.dev/blog/add-license-keys-to-tauri-app Add license keys to a Tauri 2 app, checked in the Rust core where the webview can't bypass them. Plugin, capability, activation screen and offline checks. Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://licensemanager.dev/blog/how-rabbitgui-sells-its-electron-app https://licensemanager.dev/blog/how-rabbitgui-sells-its-electron-app How RabbitGUI, a desktop client for RabbitMQ, replaced its in-house license server with LicenseManager.dev, migrated existing keys silently and kept offline use, refunds and free updates. Thu, 05 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://licensemanager.dev/blog/entitlement-management-system https://licensemanager.dev/blog/entitlement-management-system What an entitlement management system is for software vendors, which entitlements to track, and how to keep them in sync with sales and enforce them in your app. Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://licensemanager.dev/blog/self-service-licensing https://licensemanager.dev/blog/self-service-licensing What self-service licensing is, what a self-service license portal should let customers do, where to stop, and how to cut licensing support emails to almost zero. Fri, 30 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://licensemanager.dev/blog/best-electron-boilerplate https://licensemanager.dev/blog/best-electron-boilerplate Electron AppStack, electron-shadcn, Electron React Boilerplate, Electron Forge, electron-vite, Angular Electron, Vutron, Nextron and more. What each Electron starter does well, and who it's for. Thu, 29 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://licensemanager.dev/blog/add-license-keys-to-electron-app https://licensemanager.dev/blog/add-license-keys-to-electron-app Add license key activation to your Electron app, from the activation window to offline checks. Includes main process, preload and renderer code. Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://licensemanager.dev/blog/how-to-sell-an-electron-app https://licensemanager.dev/blog/how-to-sell-an-electron-app Everything you need to start selling an Electron app - app stores vs direct sales, payment providers, pricing models, license keys, code signing and updates. Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://licensemanager.dev/blog/electron-code-signing https://licensemanager.dev/blog/electron-code-signing Sign and notarize your Electron app for macOS, and code sign it for Windows, with electron-builder or Electron Forge. Certificates, entitlements, CI and common errors. Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://licensemanager.dev/blog/electron-auto-update https://licensemanager.dev/blog/electron-auto-update How auto updates work in Electron, how Electron's autoUpdater compares with electron-updater, where to host updates, and how to roll them out safely. Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://licensemanager.dev/blog/electron-builder-vs-electron-forge https://licensemanager.dev/blog/electron-builder-vs-electron-forge A practical comparison of electron-builder and Electron Forge - installers, auto updates, code signing, bundlers, configuration and which one fits your app. Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://licensemanager.dev/blog/protect-electron-app-source-code https://licensemanager.dev/blog/protect-electron-app-source-code Anyone can extract an Electron app's asar archive. Here's what actually protects your source code and your license checks - obfuscation, V8 bytecode, fuses and integrity checks. Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://licensemanager.dev/blog/electron-free-trial https://licensemanager.dev/blog/electron-free-trial Three ways to add a time-limited free trial to an Electron app - local timestamps, trial keys and machine-based trials - with code, and how to stop users from resetting them. Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://licensemanager.dev/blog/electron-machine-id https://licensemanager.dev/blog/electron-machine-id Read a stable hardware id in Electron with Node.js on macOS, Windows and Linux, why node-machine-id isn't enough on its own, and how to build a fingerprint that survives reinstalls. Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://licensemanager.dev/blog/electron-safestorage-vs-keytar https://licensemanager.dev/blog/electron-safestorage-vs-keytar keytar is archived. Compare Electron's safeStorage, @napi-rs/keyring and electron-store for storing tokens, passwords and license keys securely in an Electron app. Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://licensemanager.dev/blog/stripe-checkout-electron-app https://licensemanager.dev/blog/stripe-checkout-electron-app Open Stripe Checkout from your Electron app, bring the customer back with a deep link, and unlock the app after payment. With code for custom protocols on macOS, Windows and Linux. Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://licensemanager.dev/blog/electron-vs-tauri https://licensemanager.dev/blog/electron-vs-tauri Electron vs Tauri compared on app size, memory, performance, rendering consistency, security, ecosystem, updates and licensing, to help you pick for your next desktop app. Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT