Zero-Trust Dependency Firewall for Development Environments

C7/10March 31, 2026

WhatA local proxy that intercepts all package installs, enforces configurable quarantine periods, blocks postinstall scripts by default, and provides a unified policy layer across npm, pip, cargo, and Go modules.

SignalDevelopers across multiple ecosystems express growing anxiety about installing or updating any dependency, and while individual package managers are adding minimum-release-age settings with inconsistent APIs, there is no unified tool that enforces a coherent security policy across all of them.

Why NowAll major package managers (npm, pnpm, bun, uv, yarn) have just shipped minimum-release-age configs in 2025-2026 but with wildly different units and semantics — proving demand exists but the fragmented UX creates an opening for a unified abstraction layer.

MarketEvery professional developer team using more than one language ecosystem; ~30M developers globally. Closest competitors are Socket.dev (cloud-focused) and Phylum (enterprise), but neither provides a lightweight local-first unified policy tool.

MoatCross-ecosystem policy engine creates high switching costs once teams encode their security policies, plus integration depth across package managers creates a compounding technical moat.

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