Up and running, and staying safe.
How activation works offline, where your data actually lives, and how to never lose it.
Getting started & offline activation
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Install and open
Grab the edition that fits from Download, desktop, single-file, or team server, and open it. Everything works before any license: the beta and the 30-day trial are full-featured.
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Copy your Machine ID
Open the License screen in the app. It shows this machine's hardware IDs with a copy button, send the Machine ID with your order (or your beta invite reply).
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Paste your key
Your license key comes back by email, same-day. Paste it into the License screen once, it validates offline with public-key cryptography, so there's no activation server and no phone-home.
One license covers two machines (say, work and home). New PC? Email us for a free, same-day reissue.
Your data, your backups
Local-first means your projects are yours to protect, and that's easy, because they're just files on infrastructure you control.
Desktop edition
Your projects live in the app's local database on your machine. Use the built-in exports for snapshots, and include the app's data folder in your regular machine backup.
Single-file edition
Your whole workspace is one .db file, wherever you saved it. Backing up = copying that file. Keep a copy on a second drive or stick, done.
Team server
Projects live in the PostgreSQL database you host. Your standard database backup routine applies, it's your infrastructure, on purpose.
In every edition you can also export everything (Excel, CSV, MS Project XML, lossless JSON), so a portable snapshot of your work is always one click away.
Getting help
There's no support tier and no ticket queue, you're emailing the person who builds GanttPulse.