About PyLocket

We build shields, not paywalls.

We build for one kind of developer: the person shipping a real Python app and trying to make a living from it. Everything we do comes back to that.

Origin story

Born from real frustration.

If you sell a Python desktop app, you already know the pattern. You ship it, and within days a decompiler has your source, your license check is patched out, and cracked copies are circulating.

Obfuscators are theater. Renaming variables and encoding strings adds friction for you, not for a cracker. Source encryptors are recoverable by design. They encrypt your .py and decrypt it back to your original source at import time, which means the key ships inside your app and public one-click decryptors already exist for the format. And none of them help with the part that actually pays your bills: issuing licenses, taking payments, and delivering downloads.

So we built PyLocket around two ideas. First, protection should be unrecoverable by design: never ship the key, never rebuild the source. Second, protection is only half the job, so PyLocket is also a platform that licenses, sells, and delivers your app, for a flat fee, with no cut of your revenue.

The founder

Who's behind PyLocket.

Kenley Lamaute

Founder, PyLocket · Lamaute Labs LLC

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"I built PyLocket because I was tired of watching great Python apps get cracked within hours of release. The developers who made them had done everything right, real products with real customers, and the tools available to protect that work were either too weak, too complicated, or too expensive.

The pattern was always the same. Obfuscators added friction for the developer and none for the cracker. Source encryptors decrypted back to the original source, key included. And nothing on the market helped with the part that actually pays the bills: issuing licenses, delivering downloads, and pushing updates.

So we built the thing we wanted to use. One command to protect a build. Licensing that needs no code changes. Updates that reach end users in one click. A flat fee, never a percentage of your sales. If you ship Python for a living, I'd genuinely like to hear what you're working on."

Boss battle

The villains Python devs face.

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Reverse engineering

Python bytecode is practically source code, and PyInstaller bundles unpack trivially. Your proprietary algorithms are one uncompyle6 command from being stolen.

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Software piracy

Without encryption and license enforcement baked into the binary, your paid app becomes freeware the moment someone shares the installer.

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Enterprise price tags

Existing tools charge $5,000+/yr and target C++ or .NET developers. Python devs get stuck choosing between unprotected releases and unaffordable ones.

5 MIN

Setup to protected build

97%

Cheaper than enterprise tools

0 KB

Source code exposed

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Protected builds per month

Power-ups

What we believe.

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Devs first, always

We build for the developer who ships on weekends and bootstraps with savings. No sales calls, no enterprise minimum.

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Real protection, not theater

Basic obfuscation is a speed bump. PyLocket encrypts every function separately, hands out keys only to licensed devices, and runs anti-debug and anti-tamper checks on every protected call.

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Transparent pricing

You see the price on the website. That's the price. No per-seat fees, no surprise overages, no "contact sales."

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Your workflow, unbroken

PyLocket fits your stack: PyCharm plugin, CLI, CI/CD webhooks. One command and you're protected. Zero friction.

Level progress

Our protection stack.

Five layers, each doing a different job. No single one is a silver bullet; together they change the economics.

ENCRYPT

LICENSE

ANTI-DBG

TAMPER

ANTI-VM

Ready to protect your loot?

Your code is your treasure. Ship with confidence, and protect your first app in under five minutes.

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