Encryption software for PHP code
Software for protecting source code with encryption, built to meet the owner's own need when existing products were very expensive. It has produced steady income for years with a small remote team.
At a glance
Estimated by a classifier that read the source. The bar shows how sure it was.
- Category
- Software and apps89% surex
- Earns from
- Subscriptions62% surex
- Startup cost (estimate)
- $1k to $10kLow confidence43% surex
- Time it takes (estimate)
- Hands-offLow confidence48% surex
- Where
- Online98% surex
- Coding
- Needs coding97% surex
Source
Hacker NewsComment by inovica in “Ask HN: What was your best passive income in 2016?”, December 11, 2016
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