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Chainsaw by Chain305

Blocks malicious and typosquatted package installs from npm, pip, cargo, gem and go with a local shell hook before download.

Free plan · From $25/user/moActively maintained

Chainsaw by Chain305: data, price, alternatives
At a glancechecked Oct 29, 2026

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For
Engineering teams and developers guarding npm, pip, cargo, gem and go installs against malicious or typosquatted packages
Activity
Actively maintainedrelease 5 days ago · site updated 5 days ago
Company
since 2026per Wikidata
Used for
  • Refuse typosquatted or malicious packages before they download
  • Enforce one signed policy across CI, registries and laptops
  • Gate pull requests on dependency changes
read off chain305.com on Oct 30, 2026
Worth knowingcomputed from what we read · each with its source
  • Has an MCP server (1 in the registry)public registry →
  • Publishes llms.txt, a file written for AI assistantschain305.com ↗
Pricingpricing page, read Oct 30, 2026

Free plan · From $25/user/mo

Trial & discounts save 20% yearly · 14-day money back

The companyeach fact with its source · read Oct 30, 2026
  • Founded2026per Wikidata
  • HeadquartersDubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), Dubai, AEper their site
Your datawhat they publish, each line with its page · read Oct 30, 2026

“We do not use your audit logs, SBOMs, or policy configurations to train machine-learning models.”

privacy policy ↗

These are Chainsaw by Chain305's own statements, read from its pages. We did not audit them. A line that is missing was not found on the pages we read; it does not mean the practice is absent.

How a program reaches itfound, not claimed · read Oct 30, 2026
  • MCP servercom.chain305/chainsawverified in the MCP registry
  • Stateanswers, requires sign-inchecked 2026-10-30
  • Address to connectchain305.com/chainproxy/mcp

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Each line is something a program found when it went looking: the registry entry, the server's own answer, a spec that parses. A missing line means we did not find it, not that it does not exist.

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  • What is Chainsaw by Chain305?

    Blocks malicious and typosquatted package installs from npm, pip, cargo, gem and go with a local shell hook before download. It is listed in the Atlas under Security.

  • Who is Chainsaw by Chain305 for?

    Engineering teams and developers guarding npm, pip, cargo, gem and go installs against malicious or typosquatted packages

  • How much does Chainsaw by Chain305 cost?

    Chainsaw by Chain305 has a free plan; paid plans start at $25/user/mo, per its pricing page on 2026-10-30.

  • Is Chainsaw by Chain305 free?

    Yes, Chainsaw by Chain305 has a free plan, per its pricing page on 2026-10-30.

  • Is Chainsaw by Chain305 still maintained?

    Actively maintained: release 5 days ago · site updated 5 days ago.

  • Does Chainsaw by Chain305 train AI on your data?

    No, per its privacy policy (2026-10-30): “We do not use your audit logs, SBOMs, or policy configurations to train machine-learning models.”

  • Is Chainsaw by Chain305 safe?

    We do not audit vendors. What Chainsaw by Chain305 publishes, read 2026-10-30: SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, CCPA stated on its security page; on training with your data, “We do not use your audit logs, SBOMs, or policy configurations to train machine-learning models.”.

  • How do I cancel Chainsaw by Chain305?

    In its own words (terms of service, 2026-10-30): “You can cancel at any time from the billing dashboard; cancellation takes effect at the end of the current period and retains access until then.”

  • Does Chainsaw by Chain305 give refunds?

    In its own words (terms of service, 2026-10-30): “A 14-day money-back guarantee applies to first-time paid upgrades — see the Refund Policy.”

  • What are alternatives to Chainsaw by Chain305?

    In Security, by use: Sonar, Sonatype, APort, Execlave, Guardian IDE.

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No votes, no reviews, no vendor claims. Every week a crawler reads each tool's own site and a few public registries, and the words on the card are bands over what it read.

  • Use: visits to the site (estimated), installs from npm and PyPI, presence in Chrome's usage report.
  • Activity: the newest release on GitHub, npm or PyPI; the newest dated page on the site; open roles on a public jobs board.
  • Price: the vendor's own pricing page, read with the date. A figure is printed only when it is on that page.
  • The line and the use cases are written by us from the homepage, one tool at a time, and refused when they repeat the vendor's marketing.

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