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Licensing & Activation

NECTO Studio offers both free and commercial licensing models to support hobbyists, educators, and businesses alike. This page explains how to choose and activate the license that fits your needs.

🔓 License Types

🎓 Free License (Non-Commercial Use)

NECTO Studio is completely free for non-commercial applications.
You get full access to all features — no time limits, no feature locks, no watermarking, no nonsense.

✅ Ideal for:

  • Personal projects
  • Academic work
  • Open-source development
  • Prototyping and learning

No activation key or manual registration required.

💼 Subscription License (Commercial Use)

For profit-generating or commercial use, a Pay-Per-Use subscription is required.
This license supports ongoing NECTO development and allows you to influence the IDE roadmap.

Benefits include:

  • Access to the latest mikroC AI compilers
  • Commercial usage rights
  • Priority support

🧩 Activating Your License

Upon first launch, NECTO Studio will prompt you with a license selection dialog:

For Free Use:

  1. When asked "Choose your license type", select Free.
  2. NECTO will activate immediately — no internet required after this point.

For Subscription Use:

  1. Choose Subscription during the same prompt.
  2. Log in with your MIKROE Passport account.
  3. NECTO will automatically validate your license via the internet.

✅ Verifying License Status

You can check your active license type and validity at any time:

  • Look in the top-left corner of the NECTO Studio window.

For commercial users:

  • NECTO will periodically revalidate your subscription online.

🔐 Log In

NECTO Studio uses MIKROE Passport for authentication — a unified login system that grants access to all MIKROE services with a single set of credentials.

  • When prompted, log in using your MIKROE Passport account.
  • This step is required for activating licenses, downloading packages, and accessing cloud-linked features.
  • Don’t have an account? You can create one directly from the login window.

🧠 Learn more about the concept behind Passport in this blog post:
👉 One User ID and Password for ALL – MIKROE Passport