{
  "slug": "aseprite",
  "category": "creative-tools",
  "name": "Aseprite",
  "description": "An animated sprite editor and pixel art tool for Windows, macOS and Linux.",
  "website": "https://www.aseprite.org",
  "source": "https://github.com/aseprite/aseprite",
  "license": null,
  "platforms": [],
  "jurisdiction": {
    "code": "AR",
    "name": "Argentina",
    "eyes": null,
    "eu": false,
    "gdpr": false,
    "cloud_act": null
  },
  "pick": false,
  "pick_reason": null,
  "disclosure": null,
  "grade": "D",
  "score": 50,
  "coverage": 100,
  "summary": "Aseprite scores 50 out of 100 (grade D) on the creative tools criteria. It meets 2 of 4 criteria: open source and no ads or data sales. It does not meet no trackers or telemetry and independent audit. It is based in Argentina: Not in the Five, Nine or Fourteen Eyes.",
  "url": "https://privacyratings.com/creative-tools/aseprite/",
  "markdown": "https://privacyratings.com/creative-tools/aseprite/index.md",
  "answers": {
    "open_source": {
      "title": "Open source",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://github.com/aseprite/aseprite/blob/main/EULA.txt",
      "note": "All code is public under a source-available EULA that limits redistribution and is not OSI-approved."
    },
    "no_trackers": {
      "title": "No trackers or telemetry",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": "https://github.com/aseprite/aseprite/blob/main/src/app/check_update.cpp",
      "note": "Official builds send a persistent ID and launch and exit counts to the vendor's update server, with no setting to turn this off. Crash reports are only sent with consent."
    },
    "no_ads": {
      "title": "No ads or data sales",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://www.aseprite.org/privacy/",
      "note": "Paid software with no ads. The privacy policy states that user data is not sold or given to other companies."
    },
    "independent_audit": {
      "title": "Independent audit",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "No independent audit is published."
    },
    "transparency_report": {
      "title": "Transparency report",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    },
    "user_notice": {
      "title": "Tells users about requests",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    },
    "tls": {
      "title": "TLS configuration",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    },
    "security_headers": {
      "title": "Security headers",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    },
    "web_standards": {
      "title": "Modern web standards",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    }
  },
  "tests": {
    "ssllabs": null,
    "observatory": null,
    "internetnl_web": null,
    "internetnl_mail": null,
    "trackers": [
      {
        "name": "Google Fonts",
        "host": "fonts.gstatic.com",
        "effect": "none"
      },
      {
        "name": "YouTube embed",
        "host": "www.youtube.com",
        "effect": "none"
      }
    ],
    "tested_at": "2026-10-01T07:01:13.602Z"
  },
  "last_modified": "2026-10-01T07:44:20Z"
}