Open-Core Strategy

Open where trust matters. Commercial where scale matters.

AEGIS is designed around an open-core model: transparent safety logic and developer tooling at the core, with commercial hosted services for monitoring, analytics, policy management, and enterprise scale.

Why Open Source

Trust requires transparency.

Safety infrastructure requires trust. By making the core detection and policy engine open for inspection, AEGIS can support public review, community contributions, security audits, and developer adoption.

Transparency

Public review of detection logic and policy rules.

Adoption

Developers trust systems they can inspect and integrate freely.

Sustainability

Commercial services fund continued open-core development.

Open Source

What will be open.

The following components are designed to be publicly available, auditable, and open for community contribution.

Core policy engine

The foundational detection and scoring logic, open for review and contribution.

Risk scoring logic

The multi-signal risk computation engine.

Safety taxonomy

The harm category definitions and classification system.

Developer SDK foundations

Core SDK interfaces and integration scaffolding.

Example integrations

Reference implementations for common use cases.

Documentation

Public documentation for all open components.

Commercial Layer

Where scale and enterprise readiness live.

Commercial services provide the sustainability that allows the open-core to remain maintained and expanded. They are opt-in and clearly separated from the open components.

Hosted dashboards and policy management
Centralized threat intelligence feeds
Analytics and safety reporting
Organization and team controls
Compliance workflows
Premium family and enterprise features

Repository Roadmap

Planned public repositories.

AEGIS will progressively open repositories as development matures. Phase 1 is the initial public release.

aegis-core
Phase 1

Core safety engine, policy rules, risk scoring, and explainability.

aegis-js-sdk
Phase 1

JavaScript SDK for website and web application integration.

aegis-browser-extension
Phase 1

Browser protection extension for family-safe ad moderation.

aegis-website
Phase 1

Public marketing and developer website.

aegis-mobile-sdk
Phase 2

Android and iOS SDKs.

aegis-api
Phase 2

Hosted API services.

aegis-console
Phase 3

Dashboard for developers, organizations, and enterprise users.

aegis-models
Future

Model training, evaluation, and packaging.

aegis-threat-intel
Future

Threat intelligence feeds and harmful ad indicators.

aegis-docs
Future

Developer and product documentation.

Community

Contributing to AEGIS.

AEGIS aims to build a contributor community grounded in responsible practices and shared principles.

Responsible disclosure

Security vulnerabilities are handled through a clear responsible disclosure process.

Privacy-first defaults

All contributions are evaluated against privacy-first design principles.

Transparent policies

Moderation categories, detection rules, and policies are publicly documented.

Clear contribution guidelines

Contributors receive clear guidance on scope, review, and code standards.

Inclusive community

AEGIS is committed to building a welcoming environment for contributors of all backgrounds.

Safety without surveillance

Community contributions must align with user-first, non-surveillance principles.

Help build open safety infrastructure for the internet.

Follow the project, contribute to early repositories, or join the waitlist to stay updated as AEGIS development progresses.