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DevGlobe
Where developers build in public, live on a globe
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Where developers build in public, live on a globe
56 followers
Connect your IDE and appear live on a 3D globe as you code. Track your stats per repo, file, and language, launch your projects to a community of builders, and get noticed.
The Strava analogy really nails it. WakaTime is great data but it's fundamentally solo - there's no reason to check it beyond your own curiosity. The social layer is what turns tracking into accountability and motivation. I'm curious how the live globe handles privacy - can you choose what to make public vs keep private? Some devs will love full transparency, others will want to share stats without exposing which specific files they're working on.
@omri_ben_shoham1
Thanks for your feedback!
On DevGlobe, users can choose how they appear on the globe. In Classic mode, you show up in the center of your city (never your exact location). In Anonymous mode, you appear in a random city within your country. And in Private mode, you don't appear on the globe at all though you still track all your own stats.
As for tracking, the extensions only send the server the programming language you're using, the time you spent coding between syncs, your IDE or agent, and optionally the name of your repo or the file you're working on.
Plus, everything is fully transparent: the extensions are open source and deployed via GitHub Actions, so anyone can audit the code and see exactly what’s being sent.
If you like the project, we’d love to see you on the globe 🌍
I've been building in public for 18 months and the hardest part isn't showing progress—it's deciding what to show without leaking API keys, half-baked features, or database schemas. Does DevGlobe have any guardrails for masking sensitive env vars or WIP routes? That's the feature that would make me switch from my current stack.
@jimmy_benhsu
Your comment is spot on!
To answer you: feel free to download the extensions without any worry: they never access your code or personal data.
The only things that get tracked are: the programming language you’re using, your IDE, your OS and optionally the name of your repo or the file you’re working on.
You appear on the globe simply because the extension detects when you (or your coding agent) are actively writing code. That’s it!
@nako0 Thanks for the privacy clarification — to be clear, my question wasn't about the extension accessing code (that part looks solid, especially with the open-source MIT extensions).
What I meant is about the project launch/directory side: when I launch a project on DevGlobe and share progress updates, is there any built-in guardrail that detects and masks sensitive stuff in the content I voluntarily post? Like if I accidentally paste a terminal screenshot that shows an OPENAI_API_KEY, or describe a WIP route like /api/admin/delete-user, does DevGlobe warn me or auto-redact before it goes live?
That's the specific pain point I've hit on other platforms — I want to build in public, but I don't want to manually audit every screenshot and description for leaks. If DevGlobe had a "safe share" mode that flags env vars, DB connection strings, or internal API paths in my launch post before publishing, that would be a real differentiator for me.
Mailwarm
Congrats on your launch!!
@thamibenjelloun Thanks, Thami! We hope to see you on the globe