NF-ToolBox

What it is

NF-ToolBox is not a tool you use for its own sake. It is the way the rest of the line gets onto your machine: install it once, log in, and nf-toolbox install <tool> downloads the tool, puts it on your path and keeps it updated. For paid tools the same step checks that you own it and activates the licence on that device.

It has three parts:

• `nf-toolbox` CLI: what you run, with login, list, install, update, sync, devices and status
• License server: a Go API for accounts, activation, renewal and Stripe payment webhooks, backed by PostgreSQL
• `pkg/license`: a Go package every paid tool embeds to check its licence at startup

Licence

NF-ToolBox is proprietary. The source is public so you can see what the installer does on your machine, but unlike the tools it installs, it isn't Apache 2.0.

How a tool checks its licence

if err := license.CheckEntitlement("iris-core"); err != nil {
    fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "Run: nf-toolbox login && nf-toolbox install iris-core")
    os.Exit(1)
}

Licences are signed with ed25519 and tied to a device fingerprint, so a tool verifies its licence locally without a network call. The server is only needed to activate, renew or move a licence to another device, and an expired licence keeps working through a 72-hour grace period.

API

POST   /api/v1/auth/register · /auth/login
POST   /api/v1/activate · /renew               bearer token
GET    /api/v1/license · /devices · /tools · /me
DELETE /api/v1/devices/{id}
POST   /webhooks/stripe                         Stripe signature

Install

# once it's live: log in, then install anything in the line$ nf-toolbox login$ nf-toolbox list$ nf-toolbox install iskra$ nf-toolbox update

Status