Pre-1.0 software, free for everyone, in active development. Here's the state of the project and what to expect.
"Beta" describes the stage of development — pre-1.0 — not the licensing model. KeraPlan is free for everyone forever, beta or not. Register on the website, receive a license key by email, install, and use it. There's no trial period, no payment, no nag screens, no feature tier locked behind a paywall.
What "beta" actually means here:
Name, email, country, role. About 60 seconds.
Format: KERA-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX. Plus a download link for the Windows installer. Usually within a few minutes.
About a minute. Note: until the installer is code-signed, Windows may show a SmartScreen warning — click "More info" → "Run anyway." Code signing is on the near-term roadmap.
That's it. Email feedback@sudharitech.com whenever you find something worth telling us about.
Until KeraPlan reaches commercial v1.0. There's no firm date — we'll ship 1.0 when documentation, polish, and stability are at a level we're happy to put a "1.0" label on. The beta software keeps working through the entire period; there's no time bomb and no cutoff. KeraPlan will remain free at v1.0 and beyond — see the Contribute page for how to support continued development.
You can, but please read the EULA's beta and warranty disclaimer sections carefully. Beta software may contain bugs that produce incorrect outputs (schedules, Monte Carlo results, EVM metrics). You are responsible for verifying any output before relying on it for a contractual deliverable, claim, regulatory submission, or anything else where accuracy matters. For most beta users, this means: use it, but cross-check the critical numbers.
Each license key permits up to two device activations, so you can run it on your office machine and a laptop. If you share the key with someone else, they'd be using one of your activations — and our license server tracks this. The right thing to do is have your colleague register their own license at /products/keraplan/get-started/. It's free, takes 60 seconds, and means you both have feedback channels into the product.
The minimum necessary: license key validation pings (approximately once every 30 days), confirming your key is still active and on an authorized device. We do not upload, sync, or otherwise access your project files. We do not log keystrokes, screen captures, or schedule contents. Full details in our privacy policy.
Yes — uninstall and email privacy@sudharitech.com to remove your registration. You can also rejoin by re-registering. We don't burn bridges.
Yes, please. KeraPlan is free regardless of role.
Each user registers individually for their own license. If you have 20 schedulers at a firm, that's 20 registrations and 20 license keys — not a single shared one. We're happy to talk to firms about coordinated participation; email hello@sudharitech.com with details.
Yes, with automatic migration where the file format changes. Per the EULA, we don't formally guarantee this during beta — file format changes between beta revisions are possible — but we're aware that breaking customer files is a fast way to lose users, and we treat compatibility seriously.
Yes. The distribution model — free with optional donations — is the model going forward. There is no plan to introduce paid tiers, subscriptions, or feature paywalls at v1.0 or after.
Two minutes from now, you could have a working scheduling tool installed.