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• ExtPay

  56 430 3.9 JavaScript

  The JavaScript library for ExtensionPay.com — payments for your browser extensions, no server needed.

Yep! I run ExtensionPay, a service to allow browser extension developers to take payments in their extensions: https://extensionpay.com

I made it after Google shut down their Chrome Web Store Payments system and I realized how annoying it was to take payments in extensions. So I made it for my own extensions and also for anyone who wanted to try monetizing their extensions with payments. The included library is open source if anyone is curious: https://github.com/glench/ExtPay

So far it's made extension developers around $175k. Pretty cool!

• keygen-go

  5 87 7.0 Go

  Keygen SDK for Go. Integrate license activation, automatic updates and offline licensing for Go binaries.

  

I run https://keygen.sh by myself. I built it about 7 years ago and started running it on the side. I went full-time on it in 2020 when it got too big to run on the side. As for trends -- the market is a bit slower these days due to the current economic environment. I've noticed smaller businesses have had a tougher time buying (and staying on), while enterprises have had an uptick.

• SurveyJS

  surveyjs.io sponsored

  Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

  

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