Sell software source code you own by licensing it to AI labs. Desktop, server and internal software qualify. Keep it and get paid each time.
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Booking engine, retired 2022
74,300 lines. The booking engine behind a travel agency site for eight years, retired in a platform migration.
Yes, desktop, server and internal software you own can be licensed to AI labs, on any stack and in any state. You sell a license and keep the software and its code, so it can earn again, and a typical repo earns about $1,000 to $1,500 per license.
Yes, if the company holds the rights, and the company signs. Most businesses that build software accumulate far more of it than they sell: internal systems, retired products, utilities, integrations and old versions of current products. All of it can be licensed to AI labs.
You keep the software and full use of it. Licensing a copy for training does not stop you selling the product, running it or rewriting it. The code stays private, and only a scrubbed review copy reaches buyers.
It qualifies too. Licenses are non-exclusive and cover a copy used for training, so you keep selling, supporting and updating the product as before. Many companies start with retired versions and internal systems, then add current products once they are comfortable with the terms. You choose repo by repo, and you can withdraw a codebase at any time.
Large software estates tend to hold many repos: the main product, plugins, installers, test harnesses and internal tools. Each one is valued on its own tokens. A single product line can add up to dozens of repos, and each can be licensed more than once.
Value per license is source tokens at $100 per million plus history tokens at $40 per million. The specimen lot above, a booking engine retired after eight years, shows the working. A typical repo earns about $1,000 to $1,500 per license, and a deep, long-lived one about $2,500 to $4,000. Licenses are non-exclusive, so the same repo can be licensed again and you are paid each time.
Sales figures and user counts make no difference. For the method, read how much is my code worth. 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. Only submit code you hold the rights to. Client work usually belongs to the client unless your contract says otherwise.
The token count of your source and of your git history, how deep and real that history is, tests, and buyer demand. History carries most of the value.
No. Shelved, unfinished and abandoned code qualifies if it is real and yours.
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