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SolutionFor dev tools, CLIs & GitHub apps.

Turn your repo
into revenue.

Monetize a CLI, a GitHub app, an SDK or an open-source project without building billing infrastructure. License keys, metered API calls, per-seat team plans and a self-serve checkout — wired in with a few lines, tax and payouts handled.

License keys & seatsMetered API callsGlobal payouts
acme/super-cli★ 14.2k
Pro license · monthly$19 / mo
Team · per seat$12 / seat
API calls · metered$0.40 / 1k
Active licenses3,914
MRR from repo$71,480
Monetizing tools for
Sonnet LabsVectorlyParserNorthwind AIGlyphRelay
Ways to charge

However devs
pay for tools.

Pick one or combine them. Macropay issues the keys, meters the usage, runs the checkout and pays you out — globally, with tax handled.

License keys

Issue, validate and revoke license keys from one API. Per-machine, per-team, time-bound or perpetual.

Metered API

Charge per request, per build or per run with included tiers, overage and prepaid credits — classic usage billing.

Team seats

Self-serve team plans with seat provisioning on invite and proration on removal — no manual ops.

DROP-IN

Gate a feature in 4 lines.

Check entitlement in your CLI or GitHub app with a single call. Macropay handles the checkout, the license lifecycle, the tax and the payout — you handle the product.

  • Hosted, self-serve checkout you can link from your README
  • Webhooks for install, upgrade, cancel
  • Payouts in 135+ currencies, tax handled
cli.ts
const ok = await macropay.entitled({ key:     process.env.LICENSE_KEY, feature: "pro.export"});if (!ok) openCheckout("acme/super-cli");
For makers

Ship the tool.
We run the money.

No merchant account, no tax registrations, no billing backend to maintain.

4 lines
To gate a paid feature
135+
Payout currencies
$0
Tax returns you file
4.5%
+ $0.50 all-in
Questions

Dev tools, answered.

Can I monetize an open-source project?
Yes. Keep the core open and charge for a pro tier, a hosted version, team seats or metered API access — Macropay issues the keys and runs the checkout you link from your README.
How do license keys work?
Issue, validate and revoke keys through one API, scoped per machine, per team, time-bound or perpetual. Your CLI or app checks entitlement with a single call.
Do I need my own merchant account?
No. Macropay is the merchant of record — we run the checkout, handle global tax, and pay you out. You never set up payment processing or tax registrations.
Can I combine licenses with usage?
Absolutely — a flat license plus metered API calls on the same account and invoice. See usage billing →

Get paid for the
tool you built.

License keys, metering, checkout and global payouts in a few lines. Flat 4.5% + $0.50, all-in.