aid: keygen
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/keygen/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Keygen
kind: company
description: Keygen is a software licensing, entitlements, and distribution API for
  desktop, on-prem, IoT, and other installed applications. It issues license keys,
  activates and tracks machines, enforces policy-based entitlements, and distributes
  releases and artifacts for auto-updates. Keygen ships as the source-available,
  self-hostable Keygen CE / EE and as the managed Keygen Cloud, exposing a JSON:API
  interface under api.keygen.sh.
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
- Software Licensing
- Entitlements
- License Keys
- Machine Activation
- Distribution
- Auto-Update
created: '2026-07-01'
modified: '2026-07-01'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: keygen:keygen-licenses-api
  name: Keygen Licenses API
  tags:
  - Licenses
  - License Keys
  - Validation
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://keygen.sh/docs/api/licenses/
  baseURL: https://api.keygen.sh/v1/accounts/{account}
  properties:
  - url: https://keygen.sh/docs/api/licenses/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://keygen.sh/docs/api/licenses/
    type: APIReference
  - url: openapi/keygen-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  description: Create, retrieve, update, delete, suspend, reinstate, and renew license
    keys; validate a license key by ID or key, and check licenses out or in for
    offline use. JSON:API over application/vnd.api+json.
- aid: keygen:keygen-machines-activation-api
  name: Keygen Machines / Activation API
  tags:
  - Machines
  - Activation
  - Fingerprint
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://keygen.sh/docs/api/machines/
  baseURL: https://api.keygen.sh/v1/accounts/{account}
  properties:
  - url: https://keygen.sh/docs/api/machines/
    type: Documentation
  - url: openapi/keygen-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  description: Activate a machine against a license by hardware fingerprint, list and
    manage activated machines, send heartbeat pings to keep node-locked activations
    alive, and check machines out or in for offline activation.
- aid: keygen:keygen-policies-api
  name: Keygen Policies API
  tags:
  - Policies
  - Rules
  - Enforcement
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://keygen.sh/docs/api/policies/
  baseURL: https://api.keygen.sh/v1/accounts/{account}
  properties:
  - url: https://keygen.sh/docs/api/policies/
    type: Documentation
  - url: openapi/keygen-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  description: Define the licensing model - expiration, machine and core limits,
    floating vs node-locked, check-in cadence, encryption and cryptographic scheme,
    and overage strategy - that governs the licenses derived from a policy.
- aid: keygen:keygen-products-api
  name: Keygen Products API
  tags:
  - Products
  - Applications
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://keygen.sh/docs/api/products/
  baseURL: https://api.keygen.sh/v1/accounts/{account}
  properties:
  - url: https://keygen.sh/docs/api/products/
    type: Documentation
  - url: openapi/keygen-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  description: Manage the products (applications) an account licenses and distributes,
    including distribution strategy, platforms, and the product tokens used for
    server-side automation.
- aid: keygen:keygen-users-api
  name: Keygen Users API
  tags:
  - Users
  - Accounts
  - Owners
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://keygen.sh/docs/api/users/
  baseURL: https://api.keygen.sh/v1/accounts/{account}
  properties:
  - url: https://keygen.sh/docs/api/users/
    type: Documentation
  - url: openapi/keygen-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  description: Create and manage end users and license owners, assign roles, ban or
    unban users, and update passwords - the identities that own and validate
    licenses.
- aid: keygen:keygen-entitlements-api
  name: Keygen Entitlements API
  tags:
  - Entitlements
  - Feature Flags
  - Permissions
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://keygen.sh/docs/api/entitlements/
  baseURL: https://api.keygen.sh/v1/accounts/{account}
  properties:
  - url: https://keygen.sh/docs/api/entitlements/
    type: Documentation
  - url: openapi/keygen-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  description: Define named entitlements (feature flags) and attach or detach them
    from policies and licenses to gate product features and enforce fine-grained
    permissions per customer.
- aid: keygen:keygen-releases-distribution-api
  name: Keygen Releases / Distribution API
  tags:
  - Releases
  - Distribution
  - Auto-Update
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://keygen.sh/docs/api/releases/
  baseURL: https://api.keygen.sh/v1/accounts/{account}
  properties:
  - url: https://keygen.sh/docs/api/releases/
    type: Documentation
  - url: openapi/keygen-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  description: Publish, list, and manage semver-tagged releases for software
    distribution and auto-update, resolving upgrades for an entitled license across
    channels (stable, beta, alpha, rc) and platforms.
- aid: keygen:keygen-artifacts-api
  name: Keygen Artifacts API
  tags:
  - Artifacts
  - Binaries
  - Downloads
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://keygen.sh/docs/api/artifacts/
  baseURL: https://api.keygen.sh/v1/accounts/{account}
  properties:
  - url: https://keygen.sh/docs/api/artifacts/
    type: Documentation
  - url: openapi/keygen-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  description: Upload, download, and yank the binary artifacts attached to a release -
    installers, packages, and update files - with redirect-based downloads gated
    by license entitlement.
- aid: keygen:keygen-tokens-auth-api
  name: Keygen Tokens / Auth API
  tags:
  - Tokens
  - Authentication
  - API Keys
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://keygen.sh/docs/api/tokens/
  baseURL: https://api.keygen.sh/v1/accounts/{account}
  properties:
  - url: https://keygen.sh/docs/api/authentication/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://keygen.sh/docs/api/tokens/
    type: APIReference
  - url: openapi/keygen-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  description: Generate, list, retrieve, regenerate, and revoke bearer tokens -
    admin, environment, product, user, and license tokens - and authenticate via
    HTTP Basic or license-key auth to obtain scoped access.
- aid: keygen:keygen-webhooks-api
  name: Keygen Webhooks API
  tags:
  - Webhooks
  - Events
  - Notifications
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://keygen.sh/docs/api/webhooks/
  baseURL: https://api.keygen.sh/v1/accounts/{account}
  properties:
  - url: https://keygen.sh/docs/api/webhooks/
    type: Documentation
  - url: openapi/keygen-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  description: Register webhook endpoints and consume signed webhook events for
    license, machine, user, release, and process lifecycle changes; retrieve and
    retry recorded webhook event deliveries.
- aid: keygen:keygen-components-api
  name: Keygen Machine Components API
  tags:
  - Components
  - Hardware
  - Fingerprint
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://keygen.sh/docs/api/components/
  baseURL: https://api.keygen.sh/v1/accounts/{account}
  properties:
  - url: https://keygen.sh/docs/api/components/
    type: Documentation
  - url: openapi/keygen-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  description: Track individual hardware components (CPUs, drives, GPUs) that make up
    a machine fingerprint for stricter, component-level node-locking and
    anti-tamper enforcement.
- aid: keygen:keygen-processes-api
  name: Keygen Machine Processes API
  tags:
  - Processes
  - Concurrency
  - Metering
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://keygen.sh/docs/api/processes/
  baseURL: https://api.keygen.sh/v1/accounts/{account}
  properties:
  - url: https://keygen.sh/docs/api/processes/
    type: Documentation
  - url: openapi/keygen-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  description: Spawn, heartbeat, and kill concurrent processes running on an
    activated machine to enforce per-process concurrency limits and meter
    floating-license usage.
common:
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/keygen-trust-center.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/keygen-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/keygen-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/keygen-authentication.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/keygen-sh
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/keygen-sh
- type: Website
  url: https://keygen.sh/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://keygen.sh/docs/api/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/keygen-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/keygen-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/keygen-finops.yml
- type: Blog
  url: https://keygen.sh/blog/feed.xml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com