# Biff privacy rating

Full-stack Clojure web framework for solo developers that bundles a database, authentication, server-side rendering with htmx and deployment tooling.

## Summary

Biff scores 65 out of 100 (grade C) on the web frameworks for other languages criteria. It meets 2 of 4 criteria: open source and no ads or data sales. It partly meets no trackers or telemetry. It does not meet independent audit.

- Website: https://biffweb.com
- Source code: https://github.com/jacobobryant/biff
- License: MIT
- Platforms: Linux, macOS, Windows
- Home page trackers: Google Fonts (not scored), Google reCAPTCHA (not scored)
- Category: [Web frameworks for other languages](https://privacyratings.com/other-web-frameworks/)
- Grade: C (65/100)

## Criteria

| Criterion | Answer | Note | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Open source | Yes | MIT-licensed. | https://github.com/jacobobryant/biff/blob/master/LICENSE |
| No trackers or telemetry | Partial | The framework has no telemetry, but biffweb.com loads self-hosted Plausible analytics and Google reCAPTCHA. | https://biffweb.com/ |
| No ads or data sales | Yes | Funded by GitHub Sponsors donations to the maintainer, with no ads. | https://github.com/sponsors/jacobobryant |
| Independent audit | No | No independent audit is published. |  |

Source: https://privacyratings.com/other-web-frameworks/biff/
Edit: https://github.com/privacyratings/privacyratings.com/edit/main/ratings/other-web-frameworks/biff.md