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License & Pricing

Vaste is free for personal use. If you use it for work, buy a yearly license. Every feature works either way: the license changes what the title bar and Settings show, not what you can open or do. The terminal app, vaste-tui, is free.

The commercial trial

Section titled “The commercial trial”

The first time you start Vaste, a 30-day commercial trial begins. During the trial the title bar shows a Commercial trial pill. When the trial ends, the pill reads Personal use, and the welcome screen and the General settings show a reminder, Using Vaste for work?, with a Purchase license button. Remind me later (the X on the reminder) hides it for 7 days.

Click the pill at any time to open Settings on the License category, which shows how many days of the trial remain.

To hide the pill, turn on Hide license badge under License in Settings. The reminder and the License settings stay available.

Buy a license

Section titled “Buy a license”

In Settings, open License and select Purchase license. The checkout opens in your browser. After payment you receive a license key by email. The key activates Vaste on a set number of computers at once; Manage subscription in the same panel opens the page where you can see the activations, remove one, and change the subscription.

Activate a license

Section titled “Activate a license”

Activation needs an internet connection once.

  1. Open Settings with Ctrl + , and select License.

  2. Select Activate license.

  3. Paste the key from your email into License key and select Submit.

Vaste shows License activated, the pill disappears from every Vaste window, and the panel reads Your license is active. with the email the license is registered to and its renewal date. Vaste registers the computer with its name and system, for example DESKTOP-7K2 (windows), so you can recognize it on the Manage subscription page.

If the key is already active on its maximum number of computers, Vaste says so and asks you to remove one on the Manage subscription page before trying again. A key for another product is refused.

After activation

Section titled “After activation”

Vaste confirms the license with the license server at most once every 12 hours, and only while Vaste is running. The check never blocks the app.

  • Offline: if Vaste cannot reach the server, nothing changes. Once the last confirmation is more than 12 hours old, the panel adds Last verified with the date; the license stays active. Check now confirms the license on demand.
  • Subscription ended: the pill reads License expired and the panel shows the date. Renew the subscription on the Manage subscription page; the next check restores the license.
  • Activation removed elsewhere: if you remove this computer on the Manage subscription page, the pill reads License invalid after the next check. Enter the key again to reactivate.

Move the license to another computer

Section titled “Move the license to another computer”

  1. On the old computer, open Settings, select License, then Deactivate. Vaste shows License removed from this device and the activation is free again.

  2. On the new computer, activate the key as above.

If the old computer is offline, Deactivate cannot reach the server. Vaste then offers Remove from this device anyway, which forgets the key locally; the activation still counts until you remove the computer on the Manage subscription page.

What Vaste sends

Section titled “What Vaste sends”

The license check is the only time Vaste connects to the internet. It sends the license key and the computer’s name and system to the license server, Lemon Squeezy, during activation, confirmation, and deactivation. Vaste sends nothing about the files you open and no usage data. See Privacy.

The key and the trial start are saved in meta/license.toml in the data folder. Deleting that file starts a new trial on this computer and forgets the key, but does not free its activation.

Next steps

Section titled “Next steps”