What I learned building a software licensing system for desktop and offline apps

Most software today is SaaS or subscription-based, but desktop and offline applications still rely heavily on licensing systems more than I expected. A year ago, I built Keymint because I needed a flexible software licensing system for a project I was working on. At the time, I expected the space to be shrinking due to the shift toward SaaS. Once I started building and testing it in real scenarios, it became clear that desktop, CLI, and offline software still has a strong need for licensing and