On this page
Two questions come up more than any others when people look at this site: “how do the apps actually connect to my server,” and “what happens when the trial runs out.” Neither is live yet, but both are designed, so here’s what to expect on day one.
One instance, several ways in
Every app — browser, Windows and Linux desktop, Android — talks to the same NodaBroker instance, the one you install yourself. There’s no separate mobile backend or desktop sync layer to keep in step with the server; each client is just a different window onto the same install.
Setting one up
The desktop and Android apps will ask for your instance’s address the first time they open (something like https://acme.nodabroker.app, or whatever domain you’ve pointed at it), remember it, and then behave exactly like the browser version from then on — same login, same session, same data. There’s nothing to configure beyond that one address.
Licensing: one annual fee, per instance
The model is deliberately simple: one licence, one instance, unlimited users. No seat counting, no per-user add-on pricing. A five-person brokerage and a fifty-person one pay the same licence fee for the same instance, scaled only by server size, not headcount.
The seven-day trial
A freshly installed instance starts a seven-day trial automatically, with everything switched on — every module, no feature gating. Activating a licence key partway through the trial carries straight on with the same data; there’s no reinstall, no export/import step, nothing to lose by trying it properly before deciding.
What a licence actually covers
For the year it’s valid: every module, every update released in that window, and the desktop and Android apps. There’s no separate “enterprise tier” gating permissions or compliance features behind a higher price — those are part of the one licence, for every instance.
What’s still being finalised
Exact pricing isn’t public yet — that’s one of the reasons “Get a licence” is still marked “Coming soon” across this site rather than linking anywhere. When it’s ready to publish, it’ll be here and on the Licensing section at the same time, not announced in one place and left stale in the other.