Developer tool privacy ratings
Tools for developers that keep data local.
7 developer tools are rated against 4 public criteria, and 7 have enough evidence for a letter grade. Of the 2 with a known jurisdiction, 2 are based in a Five Eyes country, and 2 in the wider Fourteen Eyes.
Open-source developer tools only · Criteria for this category · Suggest an addition · Markdown
| Name | Grade | Score | Data | Jurisdiction | Open source | No trackers or telemetry | No ads or data sales | Independent audit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Relay for contributing to Git repositories anonymously: add it as a Git remote and it opens a pull request from a shared bot account with author name, email and commit metadata removed. |
Grade B | 80 | 100% | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Offline-first desktop API client for REST, GraphQL, gRPC, WebSocket and server-sent events, storing data locally with optional Git sync. Free for personal use, with a license required for commercial use. |
Grade C | 65 | 100% | – | Yes | Partial | Yes | No |
Offline desktop toolbox for developers with utilities for JSON, YAML, hashes, JWTs, Base64, text comparison and more, so data does not need to be pasted into online tools. |
Grade D | 50 | 100% | – | Yes | No | Yes | No |
API client from Kong for REST, GraphQL, gRPC and WebSocket requests, with API design and testing tools. Data can be stored locally, in Git, or synced to Kong's cloud. |
Grade D | 45 | 100% | United States Five Eyes | Partial | No | Yes | Partial |
API development tool for REST, GraphQL, WebSocket and other requests, available as a web app, desktop app and self-hostable server. |
Grade D | 40 | 100% | – | Yes | No | Partial | No |
API platform for designing, testing and documenting APIs, with collections, environments, mock servers and team workspaces synced to Postman's cloud. |
Grade F | 30 | 100% | United States Five Eyes | No | No | Yes | Partial |
Local-first API client that stores collections as plain text files in the filesystem, so they can be versioned with Git. Supports REST, GraphQL, gRPC and WebSocket requests. |
Grade F | 25 | 100% | – | Partial | No | Partial | No |
Questions
What is the most private option among developer tools?
No pick has been made yet. The table above is sorted by score, based on public evidence.
How are developer tools rated?
Each entry answers 4 questions: open source, no trackers or telemetry, no ads or data sales and independent audit. Answers need links to evidence. See the full criteria.
Does jurisdiction matter?
Jurisdiction decides which laws can compel a provider to hand over data. Each entry shows its country and whether it is in the Five, Nine or Fourteen Eyes. The data a provider can hand over depends mostly on what it stores and who holds the keys. Read about jurisdictions and the CLOUD Act.