HAR file scrubber that removes sensitive data before support sharing
Built for Developers and technical support teams who need to share HTTP Archive (HAR) files with external parties, but want to protect sensitive information contained within.
“ Hey everyone, I was debugging a chaotic issue with a SaaS provider today and they asked for a HAR file. I exported it from Chrome, but before sendi…”
The receipts — real demand
“ Hey everyone, I was debugging a chaotic issue with a SaaS provider today and they asked for a HAR file. I exported it from Chrome, but before sending, I grepped for my Auth header. It was there. Plain text. Along with some HttpOnly cookies I didn't want to share. I spent 20 mins manually removing lines in VS Code JSON. Is there a tool that does this strictly locally (WASM)? I f…”
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Why this is a gap
Surfaced from a high-intensity complaint with clear willingness to pay and a specific, reachable audience.
The market
Developers and support teams sharing HAR files with external vendors. No search volume data, so you don't know if this is a frequent, painful enough problem to justify a standalone tool vs. a grep script or manual scrubbing.
Competition & the opening
No strong incumbent; 5/10 competition suggests a few tools exist (likely small, niche) but no dominant player. The opening is a polished, reliable, user-friendly alternative to manual redaction or custom scripts.
What's hard to build
HAR files are JSON with nested sensitive data in arbitrary fields (headers, cookies, body, query params). Building robust detection requires either hardcoded rules (fragile) or ML-style heuristics (expensive, slow). You also need to handle false positives without nuking legitimate data users need.
Why now
HAR file security breaches are increasing as support tickets go remote; automated redaction solves a compliance gap incumbents ignore.
How you'd monetize
$9.99/mo freemium browser extension with enterprise licensing