Tom Sawyer Licensing

License your graph visualization application and visualize usage over time

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Tom Sawyer Licensing consists of a high-performance, scalable license server and a web-based administration client. The license server validates end-user licenses for Tom Sawyer Software applications. The powerful graphical dashboard includes a reporting feature created with Perspectives that shows end-user license usage over time.

The license server can be hosted by Tom Sawyer Software or installed internally on your premises to run in a completely secure environment. For installations on your premises, you can install onto a single server or into a Kubernetes cluster for scalable environments.

Benefits of Tom Sawyer Licensing include:

  • Centralized license administration
  • Flexible group development and deployment
  • Support for single server and Kubernetes cluster installations
  • Provides a powerful dashboard to visualize the usage of your end-user licenses
  • Permits each end user to work flexibly on several computers
  • Permits IT to effectively manage a dynamic end-user community
  • Supports end-user license sharing for occasional end users
  • Keeps track of the exact number of end users for both desktop and web applications
  • Provides simple end-user customizations including:
    • Adding SSL certificates
    • Changing port configurations
    • Adding LDAP logins
    • Making log level changes
  • Supports OAuth2 user authentication and preference settings
  • Enables offline usage
  • Enables usage metrics

Supported products

Tom Sawyer Licensing validates and manages license keys and end-user usage for applications built with Tom Sawyer Software products and for Tom Sawyer Software end-user applications. 

Tom Sawyer Licensing usage summary

Tom Sawyer Licensing provides a summary of end-user license usage by user.

System Requirements

Supported browsers

Tom Sawyer Licensing supports the following web browsers:

  • Apple Safari
  • Google Chrome
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Mozilla Firefox
  • Opera
  • Perplexity Comet

Hosted

When you choose hosted licensing, you connect to a Tom Sawyer Software website and then access your products. Tom Sawyer Software maintains the license server.

Local installation

When you choose local licensing, you can deploy Tom Sawyer Licensing onto a single server or into a Kubernetes cluster.

Application framework

Tom Sawyer Licensing uses Spring Framework 6.2.17 and Spring Boot 3.5.13.

Supported operating systems

  • Apple macOS 15
  • Apple macOS 26
  • Microsoft Windows 10
  • Microsoft Windows 11
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2022
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2025
  • Oracle Linux 10.1
  • Debian Linux 13.5
  • Fedora Linux 44
  • Ubuntu Linux 26.04 LTS