Cross-platform app frameworks
Kivy privacy rating
Python framework for cross-platform apps with multi-touch support, drawing its own GPU-accelerated widgets and using the KV design language.
Summary
Kivy scores 80 out of 100 (grade B) on the cross-platform app frameworks criteria. It meets 3 of 4 criteria: open source, no trackers or telemetry and no ads or data sales. It does not meet independent audit.
Score 80 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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Yes
No trackers or telemetry Weight 3 of 3
Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?
No telemetry or analytics in the source code, and kivy.org loads no third-party trackers.
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Yes
No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3
Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
Funded by donations through Open Collective, with no ads.
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No
Independent audit Weight 2 of 3
Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
No independent audit is published.