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Indie Mac App Licensing Tools Compared: Keygen vs. Lemon Squeezy vs. Keylight
A developer compares licensing tools for macOS apps sold outside the App Store. Options range from Keygen's flexible primitives to Lemon Squeezy's payments-first approach. The article also introduces Keylight, a new tool offering offline verification and Stripe integration.
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Useful comparison for indie devs, but note the author promotes their own tool Keylight, which may bias the assessment.
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