DevAegis: Code Protection and Invoicing for Developers

1. Install

The CLI needs Node.js 18+. Install it globally:

npm i -g devaegis
devaegis --version

2. Sign in

Copy your CLI secret key from the dashboard under Settings → Security. It starts with dae_. Then run:

devaegis setup

# ? Enter your DevAegis secret key: ••••••••
# ✓ Authenticated as you@example.com

The key is saved in ~/.devaegis/config.json. Treat it like a password.

3. Link the project

Create the project in the dashboard first (Protected projects → Protect a project) and copy its project ID. Then, in your project's root folder:

devaegis secure YOUR_PROJECT_ID

# ✓ Project Acme Storefront linked

This writes a small .devaegis file and adds it and dist-secured/ to your .gitignore. The framework is detected from your package.json: Next.js, Vite, React (Create React App), or Express / Node.js.

4. Export and deliver

One command builds your project, encrypts the server code and writes the result to dist-secured/. You don't need to add any package or middleware to your app: the protection is built into the export.

devaegis export

# ✓ Export complete
# Output:    dist-secured/
# Encrypted: 248 server files

Deliver the dist-secured/ folder. Your client runs it like any Node app:

cd dist-secured
npm install
npm start

.env files are never exported. If the app reads environment variables at runtime, the export lists their names in dist-secured/.env.example so they can be set on the server.

For Vite and Create React App projects, browser code is still visible in devtools, as with any single-page app. Payment enforcement still works.

Pausing and restoring a site

You control the delivered site from the dashboard, not the CLI. On the project page, switch it to Suspended and the site shows a payment screen from its next status check. Switch it back to Live, or mark a linked invoice paid, and it comes back. If our servers can't be reached, the site stays up.

All commands

devaegis setupSign in with your CLI secret key

devaegis secure <project_id>Link the current folder to a DevAegis project

devaegis exportBuild, encrypt and write the deliverable to dist-secured/

devaegis statusShow who you're signed in as and the linked project's status

devaegis unlockGet the decryption key for a paid project, once you allow it in the dashboard

devaegis --versionShow the installed CLI version

Troubleshooting

"Not logged in"

Run devaegis setup again. If you regenerated your secret key in the dashboard, the old one stops working.

"No project linked in this directory"

Run devaegis secure <project_id>from the project's root folder, the one with package.json.

The exported site shows 404s or 500s

Usually a missing environment variable. Check dist-secured/.env.example and set every name on the server.

Still stuck?

Email support@devaegis.com with the output of devaegis status.

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