Specify License Information
ReSharper is a commercial software product, protected by copyright under international law. Each copy of the product requires a license.
For new users, ReSharper offers a 30-day free evaluation period. During this period, you can enjoy the full functionality of the product and decide whether it suits your needs. The evaluation period can be paused and resumed with the Pause/Resume Evaluation button in the License Information dialog. The dialog will also show how many days are left on your evaluation.
License information
If you decide to use the product after the evaluation period, you need to obtain a license at ReSharper website and specify the license information in one of the following ways:
All personal and commercial licenses for JerBrains products can be managed through the JetBrains Account, which can be used as a way of specifying licensing information.
All personal and commercial licenses can be specified with a license key.
For corporate clients, ReSharper allows storing and distributing license tickets through JetBrains License Server. The server allows enterprises to establish limited or unlimited number of product licenses and distribute them within the corporate network. The benefit of this approach is that as soon as the user closes the application, their license ticket returns automatically to the server and becomes available for other users.
Specify your license information
In the main menu, choose .
In the License Information dialog that opens, use the check boxes to specify one or more licensing options (you may need several options in case you have several JetBrains .NET products licensed in different ways):
Use JB Account- select this option if you have ReSharper licenses bound to your JetBrains account.
To specify your account, click Add Account
, then, in the dialog that appears, enter your account credentials and click Log In. After successful login, ReSharper will display the available licenses. If necessary, you can clear the check boxes next to the licenses that you do not want to use.
Note that you should be connected to the Internet when specifying your JetBrains account credentials. After successful login, the Internet connection is not required.Use License Keys- select this option if you have a license key for ReSharper.
To specify your license key, click Add License Key, then, in the dialog that appears, enter your username and the license key and click Add. If the license is valid, you will see the corresponding message.Use License Server- select this option if your company uses JetBrains License Server to distribute licenses.
If the license server is in your local network, ReSharper would normally detect this server. In case the server is not detected automatically, click Add License Server, then, in the dialog that appears, specify the server URL and click Add. If ReSharper licenses are available on the server, you will see the corresponding message.
As soon as a valid product license becomes available through any of the licensing options, a green check mark appears next to the product with the details of the license.
Click Close to apply the selected licensing option and close the dialog.
License tickets from JetBrains License Server
If you are using JetBrains License Server, you can get two types of license tickets. By default, the server issues a floating ticket for you, which lasts as long as you are connected to the server. If you need to work offline, you can get a permanent license ticket.
The table below describes the differences between the two types of the license tickets.
| Ticket | Details | Advantages | Disadvantages |
|---|---|---|---|
| Floating license ticket (default) | At startup, ReSharper finds the License server in the local network and requests a ticket, which is returned to the server and becomes available to other users when ReSharper is closed. Both obtaining and returning of the ticket are done automatically. | Number of licenses on the license server can be less than the number of ReSharper users. For example, if there are 60 engineers who use ReSharper but only a maximum of 50 of them can use ReSharper concurrently, then 50 licenses on the license server would be enough. | Connection to the License Server via a local network or VPN is required to start ReSharper. |
| Permanent license ticket | Once obtained, a permanent ticket stays on a client machine. It is not available to other users until it is returned from the client. Both obtaining and returning of the ticket are done manually on the client or by a license sever administrator. | The client does not need a network connection to run ReSharper. | The license obtained with a permanent ticket remains unavailable for other users even if the client does not use it. |
Obtain a permanent license ticket from the License Server
In the License Information dialog, check that a floating ticket from a license server is currently used (this should be written in the product license details).
Click Request Permanent next to the license server option.
In the Obtain Permanent License dialog that opens, specify your email address and click Send Request.
Check your inbox and find the message from the license sever with the activation key.
In the Activation key field, enter the received activation key and click Activate License.
Click Close. Note that if your License Server distributes a limited number of licenses, the license ticket that you hold remains unavailable to other users until you return it.
Release a permanent license
In the main menu, choose . In the confirmation dialog opens, click Yes.
In the main menu, choose . In the License Information dialog that opens, click Release Permanent License.