Creative tools
Aseprite privacy rating
An animated sprite editor and pixel art tool for Windows, macOS and Linux.
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.
Score 50 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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Yes
Open source Weight 3 of 3 Source-available
Is all the source code needed to run the product public?
All code is public under a source-available EULA that limits redistribution and is not OSI-approved.
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No
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?
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.
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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?
Paid software with no ads. The privacy policy states that user data is not sold or given to other companies.
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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.