Keygen
Keygen is a source-available, self-hosted app in the Utilities category, licensed Fair Core License 1.0 and written mainly in Gherkin. It has 1,614 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 23, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 1,614
- Forks
- 135
- Open issues
- 197
- Commits, last 12 months
- 404
- Last commit
- Oct 23, 2026
- Latest release
- v1.7.0Jun 23, 2026
- Created
- Apr 10, 2016
- License
- Fair Core License 1.0Source-available
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 23, 2026, 404 commits in 12 months.
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 23, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 404 |
| Latest release | v1.7.0 (Jun 23, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 2 |
| Releases, all time | 5 |
| Open issues | 197 |
| Open pull requests | 7 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | No |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Apr 10, 2016 |
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About Keygen
Software licensing and distribution API.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/keygen-sh/keygen-api.
Topics
- api
- fair-source
- license-keys
- rails-api
- software-distribution
- software-licensing
- source-available
- rails
- ruby
- ruby-on-rails
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Is Keygen free and open source?
Not by the OSI definition. Keygen is source-available rather than open source: its code is public under the Fair Core License 1.0, which is not an OSI-approved open-source license. The Fair Core License allows any use except offering a competing product, protects license-key features, and each release becomes Apache 2.0 or MIT licensed two years after it is published. Check the license in the repository before using it commercially.
Can I run Keygen with Docker?
Keygen does not list an official Docker image. It installs natively (Ruby), so follow the install steps in its README or look for a community-maintained container.
What are the best alternatives to Keygen?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Keygen include Excalidraw, revealjs and penpot.
Is Keygen actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Keygen was on Oct 23, 2026 with 404 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v1.7.0, published Jun 23, 2026. It had 197 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.