MacShip – Licensing and distribution SDK/Boilerplate for non-MAS apps

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Hi HN,I’ve spent the last few years consulting on software licensing and entitlement systems. The current state of indie macOS dev is frustrating: you either lose 30% to the Mac App Store or you roll your own licensing implementation that usually gets cracked by a simple bool flip or API mock.I've been building MacShip to offer a middle ground: a distribution stack that actually protects revenue without the MAS tax.It handles the security side: I packaged the techniques I use in consulting into a drop-in SDK. It’s not just a server check; it handles offline validation and attempts to prevent common bypasses like binary patching and memory editing. (I know nothing is uncrackable, but this rai

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