Pricing FAQs

This license is intended for hobbyists and startups. It costs as little as $10.99/month. For this you can choose a single platform to create apps for, and you can author those apps from Mac, Windows or Linux. So you might install LiveCode on your Mac, and create apps for iOS. You can add one more platform to your monthly subscription. If you need more than two deployment platforms then you need to upgrade to an annual license. If your monthly subscription lapses, the standalone apps built with it will stop working.

An app created using LiveCode that does not need LiveCode itself to be installed in order to run. You can give a standalone app to your end users.

Your deployment platform is where you want your end user to be able to use your apps. So you can build the app on a Mac for example and your deployment platform can be iOS, or Windows.

You can deploy to iOS, Android, Mac, Windows, Linux, Server or Web.

The LiveCode IDE runs on Mac, Windows and Linux. You need a desktop or laptop machine to run LiveCode itself, you cannot author on a mobile device.

All Operating Systems

To use LiveCode you will need:

• 1024 x 768 or larger monitor
• True color display (16-bit or 32-bit depth)
• At least 256Mb of memory
• At least 150Mb of disk space

Windows

The engine supports the following Windows OS

• Windows 7 (both 32-bit and 64-bit)
• Windows Server 2008
• Windows 8.x (Desktop)
• Windows 10 Note: On 64-bit Windows installations, LiveCode runs as a 32-bit application through the WoW layer.

Linux

LiveCode supports the following Linux distributions, on 32-bit or 64-bit Intel/AMD or compatible processors:

• Ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04
• Fedora 23 & 24
• Debian 7 (Wheezy) and 8 (Jessie) [server]
• CentOS 7 [server] LiveCode may also run on Linux installations which meet the following requirements:
• Required dependencies for core functionality:
• glibc 2.13 or later
• glib 2.0 or later Optional requirements for GUI functionality:
• GTK/GDK 2.24 or later
• Pango with Xft support
• esd (optional, needed for audio output)
• mplayer (optional, needed for media player functionality)
• lcms (optional, required for color profile support in images)
• gksu (optional, required for privilege elevation support) Note: If the optional requirements are not present then LiveCode will still run but the specified features will be disabled. Note: The requirements for GUI functionality are also required by Firefox and Chrome, so if your Linux distribution runs one of those, it will run LiveCode. Note: It may be possible to compile and run LiveCode Community for Linux on other architectures but this is not officially supported.

Mac

The Mac engine supports:

• 10.9.x (Mavericks)
• 10.10.x (Yosemite)
• 10.11.x (El Capitan)
• 10.12.x (Sierra)
• 10.13.x (High Sierra)
• 10.14.x (Mojave)
• 10.15.x (Catalina)
• 11.x (Big Sur)

Note: The engine runs as a 32-bit application regardless of the capabilities of the underlying processor, unless you are on Catalina where it runs as 64 bit, or you have set it to 64 bit on on an earlier OS that supports 64 bit.

For iOS you must have a Mac to create your app. You cannot create iOS apps from Windows or Linux.

You can deploy through the iOS app store. You can distribute a limited number of apps to individual devices using Apples testing process, but you cannot distribute an iOS app publicly from your website, you must go through the iOS app store.

No, you can create Android apps from Mac, Windows or Linux. You can distribute them via the Google Play store, or offer them directly from your own website or any other way you wish.

No. Even if your LiveCode Standard Plan subscription is not renewed, any standalones you built with it will go on working indefinitely.

No, you can choose from any or all of the available platforms and add-ons if you are purchasing the LiveCode Standard Plan. There is a restriction of a maximum of 2 platforms with the LiveCode Starter Plan.

You need to be on the LiveCode Standard Plan to purchase the Email Support add-on, you cannot add this with the LiveCode Starter Plan.

You need to be on the LiveCode Standard Plan to purchase the Pro Features add-on, you cannot add this to the LiveCode Starter Plan.

Your license is for a single developer, not for a single computer. You can install LiveCode on as many computers and OS’s as you personally are using. As long as you do not share the license or licensed software with anyone else you are not in breach of our End User License Agreement. If there are two developers using LiveCode in your company, you need two licenses.

No. Even if your LiveCode Standard Plan subscription is not renewed, any standalones you built with it will go on working indefinitely.

We want everyone to be able to benefit from LiveCode. While we are operating a business we believe that money should never be the reason someone can’t benefit from our technology. If you really can’t afford a LiveCode subscription, we have a limited number of free licenses that we can give away each year. Email support@livecode.com to request more information.