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LocalWrap is now free and open source under the MIT license.

Why the pivot?
I originally explored shipping LocalWrap as a small paid product, with a license and a "buy a license" model. Having lived with that for a while, the honest truth was that the licensing overhead just wasn't worth it. I think maybe one or two people bothered...

A few reasons:

  • It's a developer tool, and developers tinker: the whole point of LocalWrap is convenience for people running local servers. Locking that behind a license key and an activation flow added friction to the exact audience most likely to want to read, fork, and improve it.

  • The maintenance/licensing machinery cost more than it returned: license enforcement, a purchase site, and the legal fuss around a one-person project added work without making the tool any better.

  • Open source makes it more trustworthy: this app wraps your local dev servers and ships with a hardened Electron + CSP + rate-limiting setup. "Trust me, it's secure" is a lot weaker than "here's the source — read it yourself."

I'd rather it get used and improved than sit behind a paywall. MIT means anyone can use it, fork it, or contribute back, no strings attached.

So that's the change: no license keys, no trials, no gating - just the app.

What's in this release

  • Prebuilt installers for Windows (.exe), macOS (.dmg), and Linux (.AppImage)

  • Multi-server localhost management, system-tray integration, and a secure-by-default Electron foundation.

Note: these installers aren't code-signed yet, so Windows SmartScreen and macOS Gatekeeper will warn about an "unknown developer." On Windows: More info → Run anyway. On macOS: right-click the app → Open the first time.

Thanks

Issues, ideas, and pull requests are all welcome - see the relevant .md files for guidance.

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