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SourceCop documentation

SourceCop encodes your PHP source into a tamper-resistant, non-readable form before you ship it. Customers run the protected build on their own servers; the source stays yours. This is the documentation for the native desktop encoder and the headless scop CLI — both delivered in the same install.

Pre-1.0. The encoder and CLI surface documented here are in preview. Shape is stable; flag names may change before v1.0.

Getting started

Quickstart

Encode your first PHP project, issue a license, and ship the protected build — from the native desktop app or the scop CLI in CI.

CLI

CLI reference

The scop binary — encode PHP projects, inspect licenses, and check loader availability from the terminal or CI.

What the app looks like

The SourceCop encoder is a native desktop app — local-first, no web upload, no telemetry. These are preview mockups of the v0.1 surface; final visual polish ships with the v1.0 build.

SourceCop — Project

Project & source

acme-billing

/Users/dana/code/acme-billing · PHP 8.3

PHP files 184

Excluded 12

Target PHP 8.3

Project & source — pick a PHP project, scope the encode, exclude vendor paths.

SourceCop — License

License options

Acme Co · domain-locked, 1-year term

Signed offline with project key acme-billing-2026

Domain

acme.example.com

Expires

2027-06-04

Machine fingerprint optional

4b1c-9f2e-aa17

Features

core licensing renewal multitenant

Verified locally on the customer's server

No phone-home. License file travels with the protected build.

License options — domain, expiry, optional hardware fingerprint. Signed offline with your project key.

SourceCop — Encode

Encode & export

184 of 184 files protected

→ /Users/dana/code/acme-billing/dist

✓ Transformed 184 PHP files 2.1s

✓ Bundled loaderless fallback 0.4s

✓ Signed license with project key 0.2s

✓ Wrote protected build to ./dist 0.3s

📦 acme-billing-2026-06-04.scop 2.4 MB · protected

⛨ license-acme-co.lic domain · 2027-06-04

Encode & export — protected build and license file written to disk, ready to ship.

Native desktop encoder (preview) — macOS · Windows · Linux