You can try out Chaquopy right now for free by cloning one of the example apps, or following the setup instructions in an app of your own.
The unlicensed SDK is fully functional, but apps built with it will display a notification on startup, and will only run for 5 minutes at a time. To remove these restrictions, a license is required.
All licenses are perpetual and royalty-free, and include upgrades to all future versions of the SDK.
Commercial license
A commercial license allows Chaquopy to be used in closed-source apps. Please contact us to request a license key, giving the following information:
- How many developers on your project will be using Chaquopy.
Open-source license
For open-source apps, Chaquopy will always be free of charge. Here’s how to qualify:
- Your app doesn’t need to be finished, but it must already be using Chaquopy to do something useful. “Hello world” or similar trivial test programs don’t qualify.
- Give your app a unique application ID which does NOT begin with
com.exampleorcom.chaquo. - Release your app’s source code on a public website such as GitHub.
- Include a notice releasing the code under an open-source license. If you haven’t already chosen one, we recommend the MIT License.
Once you’ve met these requirements, please contact us to request a license key, including a link to where the app’s source code is available.
You must keep the published source code up to date for as long as you use the free license key.
Activating a license
Once you have a license key, activate it by adding the following line to the project’s local.properties file:
chaquopy.license=<license key>
The notification and time limit will then be removed the next time you build your app.
If you’re using Chaquopy in an Android library module, you’ll also need to identify the app which the library will be built into:
chaquopy.applicationId=<application ID>