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A self-hosted certificate lifecycle platform. Track, renew, and deploy TLS certificates across your infrastructure with a web dashboard, REST API, and agent-based architecture where private keys never leave your servers. A self-hosted certificate lifecycle platform. Track, renew, and deploy TLS certificates across your infrastructure with a web dashboard, REST API, and agent-based architecture where private keys never leave your servers.
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## License ## License
Certctl is licensed under the [Apache License 2.0](LICENSE). See LICENSE file for details. Certctl is licensed under the [Business Source License 1.1](LICENSE). The source code is publicly available and free to use, modify, and self-host. The one restriction: you may not offer certctl as a managed/hosted certificate management service to third parties.
On **March 14, 2033** (7 years from initial release), the license automatically converts to [Apache License 2.0](https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0) and all restrictions are removed.
For commercial licensing inquiries, contact skreddy040@gmail.com.