Sell app source code without selling the app: license the code to AI labs, keep the app and its users, and get paid each time it is licensed.
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iOS fitness app, paused 2022
26,400 lines. A workout tracker with 9,000 downloads. The founders took day jobs and the repo went quiet.
Yes, you can license your app's source code to AI labs and keep the app, its store listing and its users. You sell a license and keep the code, so it can be paid for again, and a typical repo earns about $1,000 to $1,500 per license.
Yes. Licensing the code leaves the app exactly where it is. You keep the store listing, the users and the right to keep shipping updates. AI labs license a copy of the source and its git history to train coding models. They have no interest in running your app.
This suits apps that were paused, pulled from the stores or never launched, and live apps whose owners want the code to earn on the side. Web, iOS, Android and cross-platform apps all qualify, along with their backends.
Today the simplest way to get paid for an app’s code is to license it and keep the app. Request access, sign once and connect the app’s repos read-only. You see a real per-repo estimate within minutes, and the code is graded and taken to buyers in batches. There is no listing, and nothing changes for your users or your store pages.
Cross-platform apps count once per repo. If your Flutter or React Native app lives in one repo and its API in another, those are two repos, and each earns on its own. Admin dashboards, marketing sites and internal tools built for the app can be included as well.
Downloads and revenue do not set the price. Value per license is source tokens at $100 per million plus history tokens at $40 per million. An app with a few years of steady commits usually sits in the typical band, about $1,000 to $1,500 per license. The app and its backend often count as separate repos, and each can earn. Licenses are non-exclusive, so the same repo can be licensed again and you are paid each time.
For the full method, read how much is my code worth, and for why labs pay, read sell code for AI training.
| Depth | Looks like | Per repo, per license | Log scale, $100 to $10k |
|---|---|---|---|
| Light | Short history, small repo | $400 to $700 | |
| Typical | A real product, a few years of commits | $1,000 to $1,500 | |
| Deep | Long-lived, deep history, tests | $2,500 to $4,000 |
Illustrative, conservative · What you take home, per license · Verified 2026-10-10
$100/M
per million tokens
$40/M
per million tokens
Value per license = source tokens × $100/M + history tokens × $40/M
Rates can change on 30 days' notice, never retroactively · Paid within 15 days of the buyer paying
Illustrative, conservative · Last verified 2026-10-10
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And it is yours, which is exactly what makes it licensable. You decide what is shared: only the repos you choose, only code you hold the rights to. Secrets, customer data and third-party code stay out. Within the repos you submit, secrets and personal data are stripped from the review copy before anything reaches a buyer.
No clean-up needed. Submit the repos as they are. Secrets and personal data are stripped from the review copy for you.
Say who you are. You get set up and sent everything you need. Once you connect Git, you see a real per-repo estimate.
Read the agreement and sign once. Give read-only access to GitHub, GitLab or Bitbucket and pick only the repos you want to license. Submit them as they are.
Your code is scrubbed and graded on the review copy, then taken to buyers in batches. Each time a license closes and the buyer pays, you are paid within 15 days.
Yes. You grant a non-exclusive license and keep ownership. You can keep using, changing and shipping it.
No. Shelved, unfinished and abandoned code qualifies if it is real and yours.
No. There is no listing. Buyers see a scrubbed review copy.
Request access. Connect Git. See a real per-repo estimate in minutes, then decide.
Free to join. Nothing upfront. You can withdraw a codebase at any time.