py-kms is a port of node-kms by markedsword, which is a port of either the C#, C++, or .NET implementations of KMSEmulator, of which the original version was written by CODYQX4 and is derived from the reverse-engineered code of Microsoft's official KMS.

• Responds to V4, V5, and V6 KMS requests.
• Supports activating Windows 7/8/8.1/2008R2/2012/2012R2 and Office 2010/2013.
• It's written in Python.

• Python 2.7.x or Python 2.6.x with the "argparse" module installed.
• If the "pytz" module is installed, the "Request Time" in the verbose output will be converted into local time. Otherwise, it will be in UTC.

• To start the server, execute python server.py [listen_address] [port]. The default listening address is 0.0.0.0 (all interfaces) and the default port is 1688.
• To run the client, use python client.py server_address [port]. The default port is 1688.