Go to the syntevo Non-Commercial Registration page .
Rather than looking for a pre-generated "key," you must request a personalized license file from the developer.
Once reviewed, a license file will be emailed to you.
Open SmartGit, go to Help > Register , and upload the file you received. Switching from Trial to Free License
Delete the settings.xml file in %APPDATA%\syntevo\SmartGit\ \ .
If you accidentally started a "30-day Free Trial" and want to switch to a non-commercial version without reinstalling, you often need to clear your local settings.
Introduced in version 23.1, this license is for personal projects where you are the only committer or the repository is public.
For Open Source, you may need to authorize your GitHub profile to verify contribution stats.
If the majority of your work is on public open-source projects (typically requiring ~250 contributions per year).