Question 1

What is Apps Manager and how does it fit into my architecture?

Accepted Answer

Apps Manager is a unified control plane combining a dynamic API Gateway, an Ed25519 cryptographic software licensing engine with device node-locking, a free web scraping API with Puppeteer and Cheerio, and an interactive Public API Hub.

Question 2

Is the web scraping API free?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Apps Manager offers a free web scraping API with Puppeteer browser automation, Cheerio parsing and screenshot capture. Run it through distributed residential edge workers or the hosted queue — no credit card required.

Question 3

Is the app licensing system free?

Accepted Answer

Yes. The Free Explorer tier includes Ed25519 cryptographic licensing with hardware node-locking, offline verification and revocation at no cost.

Question 4

How does Ed25519 cryptographic licensing work?

Accepted Answer

The server signs a license token with an Ed25519 keypair binding customer metadata, expiry and hardware fingerprints. Client apps verify the token offline with the public key.

Question 5

How do Distributed Edge Workers bypass Cloudflare and anti-bot screens?

Accepted Answer

Workers run on your own residential IPs (home or mobile) over outbound WebSockets, so target sites see a real residential browser instead of a blocked datacenter IP.

Question 6

Do I need to open router ports for workers?

Accepted Answer

No. Workers establish outbound WebSocket tunnels to the cloud, traversing NAT, firewalls and CGNAT with zero port forwarding.

Question 7

Can I turn an Android phone into a scraping worker?

Accepted Answer

Yes, via Termux. Install nodejs-lts and chromium, enable a wake lock and run npx app-manager-edge-worker to get a 24/7 residential node on Wi-Fi or mobile data.

Question 8

Can I publish my APIs to the Public API Hub?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Any app created in Apps Manager can be published to the Public API Hub for discovery, starring, forking and collaborative review.