Welcome to hwid’s documentation!¶
Extract the hwid on Windows, Linux, Mac. Cross-platform using Python,
native OS detection.
Contents
Motivation¶
TL;DR I don’t want to copy and paste it again…
I have created a bunch of desktop applications for Windows. I needed a way to license my applications for my users to use without distributing to other people. I decided to use the hwid of the computer to license my applications, so I created this module. It has only one purpose: getting the hwid of the computer. It is cross-platform and does not require any external dependencies.
Features¶
Cross-platform
No external dependencies
CLI
Module
Warning¶
I do not recommend using this module for licensing purposes all alone. You can use it as a part of your licensing system.
If you are using a server-client architecture, you can send the encrypted hwid to the server and check if it is valid. But keep in mind, it’s easy to intercept the HTTP requests with mitmproxy or other tools.
If you are using a local licensing system, you can encrypt the hwid and store it in a file, then check if the encrypted hwid is valid. You can use pyarmor to obfuscate your code to make it harder to reverse engineer.
Disclaimer¶
This module is not intended to be used for malicious purposes. The author is not responsible for any damage caused by this module. Use at your own risk.