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License Keys

Skip’s libraries are free and open source. The Skip build tools, however, require a license key to run on non-free or closed-source code after the initial trial period.

You can request a free 30-day license key from the evaluation page, after which you can explore pricing options.

License key workflow

  • Skip is free to try. Installing Skip automatically begins a 14-day trial period.
  • When your trial period approaches its end, Skip will prompt you to obtain an evaluation license, which you can do from https://skip.tools/eval. Your evaluation license is also free.
  • When your evaluation period is ending, Skip will prompt you to purchase a license online. Visit our pricing page to choose the correct license. Each license key is node-locked to a single developer machine, so you will need to provide the output of the skip hostid command for the machine:
% skip hostid

After the free evaluation period, you must purchase a Small Business or Professional license to use Skip unless you qualify as an Indie developer.

After obtaining a license key, you can activate it by running the following command:

skip license update XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

To see the information about your current license, you can run the command from the terminal:

% skip license info

Skip’s tools will also check the SKIPKEY environment variable for a valid key, which can be useful in continuous integration build environments.

Note that while using Skip’s tools requires a valid license key for non-free or non-open software, your apps do not. Skip is strictly a development tool, not a runtime. Your apps do not bundle a Skip license or perform any Skip license checks. All of your source code - including any previously-generated Kotlin - is your own, regardless of whether your license is current.