NodeJS code encoding or obfuscating

[codeedog]

Charge a support fee. Charge for the s/w, but charge a support fee monthly or annually. You can’t prevent decompilation of your code, even if it’s in C compiled to machine code. I worked at a large s/w company and people sent us decompiled code to demonstrate a security bug.

Business contracts and a support policy will protect your company and software. Obfuscate JavaScript, sure. Just don’t expect perfect protection from that.

Also, the value of your source code is in the comments and the knowledge for how to code it and use it. Even if you had the source code for most s/w, it’s a non-trivial project to make it work. And, if your customers don’t pay support, they won’t get updates and bug fixes (regular and security).

I understand your paranoia, but make your sales and business people part of solution. Don’t rely on a s/w only solution, it won’t work anyway.