Browser Session Export Privacy Scrubber
Remove private data from browser-session JSON files, then review what changed before sharing a copy.
The problem it solves
Remove private data from browser-session JSON files, then review what changed before sharing a copy.
Who Browser Session Export Privacy Scrubber is for
- People handling browser, web, or document data who want a local and inspectable workflow.
- Users working with privacy, browser sessions, data sanitization who want the documented v1.3.1 behavior.
- People who prefer an open-source release with visible limitations, source, and license terms.
Intended result
Remove private data from browser-session JSON files, then review what changed before sharing a copy.
This summary is reconciled from the current catalog and repository documentation.
Features in v1.3.1
Capabilities below come from the current project README and release documentation.
Use built-in privacy rules or choose exact fields to remove or redact.
Review a report that names changed fields without copying their private values.
Run locally in Python or use the standalone browser page.
Verified examples
Screenshots are shown only when the current README references a local source image. Otherwise, repository example files are linked directly.
Platforms and implementation
The public release claims only the cataloged platforms and technologies.
Supported platforms
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
Built with
- Python
What changed in v1.3.1
- Recovered failed single and batch exports, including combined audits, so corrected destinations can be retried without deleting existing or concurrently changed files.
Changelog
Release notes from the canonical v1.3.1 source tag.
- Recover ordinary paired and complete-batch export failures, including combined audit and stdout failures, so corrected destinations can be retried.
- Reserve all final names exclusively and preserve existing, replaced or concurrently edited files during cleanup.
- Prepare all sources and serialized results before publishing any output; reject duplicate batch filenames and audit aliases.
- Add exact RFC 6901 redact_paths and drop_paths to Python and the dependency-free browser
- Apply paths against original array indices with drop precedence and escaped slash/tilde keys
- Add value-free path actions and shared Python/browser regression fixtures
- Align Python and browser scrubbing with shared fixtures and add side-by-side strict-sharing previews with retained-field summaries.
- Added regression coverage for the audited behavior and invalid inputs.
- Added a self-contained local drag-and-drop interface with explicit before/after previews.
- Added reusable JSON policy import/export and opt-in email, token, and local-path detectors.
- Added value-free review queues containing rule and structural-path evidence without matched values.
- Added collision-safe multi-file CLI processing, per-file audits, and a combined batch audit.
- Added local sanitization for Tabitha Workspaces and generic browser-session JSON exports.
- Added URL credential removal, query-value and fragment redaction, private and selected host hiding, title and text-field redaction, key removal, and explicit allowlists.
- Added value-free audit manifests, deterministic sanitized-output fingerprints, source-safe writes, policy validation, tests, and cross-platform release packaging.
Quick start
The shortest documented path into the current release.
Before running these source commands, download the v1.3.1 source archive, extract it, and open a terminal in the extracted project folder containing README.md. Follow the tagged README for required runtimes and any platform-specific setup.
python -m pip install .
session-export-scrub export.json --output sanitized.json --audit audit.json
session-export-scrub export.json --output sanitized.json --policy examples/policy.json
session-export-scrub first.json second.json --output-dir sanitized --audit batch-audit.jsonFor a visual workflow, open web/index.html in a current browser. Drop one or more exports onto the page, adjust or import a policy, inspect the before/after preview, and download each sanitized file and audit. The page is self-contained and makes no network requests.
CLI exports stage all requested files, reserve new names exclusively, and remove only unchanged files created by a failed invocation. Correct the destination and retry. Existing files and concurrent changes are preserved; failures that prevent safe cleanup identify the retained paths. This covers ordinary failures, not abrupt process termination or power loss across multiple files. Source files remain read-only.
Tabitha Workspaces version 1 exports are identified explicitly. Other JSON objects and arrays use the generic adapter. The source is read-only and existing output or audit files are never overwritten.
Current limitations
These boundaries are part of the product and prevent the page from implying unverified capability.
Processing is local with no network requests, storage service, telemetry, or account. The audit records counts, rule settings, adapter, and a sanitized-output fingerprint without retaining original sensitive values.
Detectors are intentionally conservative and can miss or overmatch unusual values. Structural rules cannot understand every export format or identify secrets hidden in encoded payloads, filenames, unexpected keys, or arbitrary prose. Before/after previews contain the original values and should only be used on a trusted device. Always inspect the sanitized copy before sharing it, and never treat an audit as proof that a document is anonymous.
Privacy and licensing
Review the actual data boundary before using a tool with sensitive inputs.
Privacy and safety
Processing is local with no network requests, storage service, telemetry, or account. The audit records counts, rule settings, adapter, and a sanitized-output fingerprint without retaining original sensitive values.
Detectors are intentionally conservative and can miss or overmatch unusual values. Structural rules cannot understand every export format or identify secrets hidden in encoded payloads, filenames, unexpected keys, or arbitrary prose. Before/after previews contain the original values and should only be used on a trusted device. Always inspect the sanitized copy before sharing it, and never treat an audit as proof that a document is anonymous.
License and release
Browser Session Export Privacy Scrubber is published under MIT. The current cataloged release is v1.3.1, published 2026-10-17.
Related projects
Related projects are selected deterministically from shared catalog tags, category, and implementation technologies—not popularity or paid placement.
Browser Session Export Privacy Scrubber v1.3.1
Use the tagged release for downloads and release notes. Use the repository for source, issues, contribution guidance, security reporting, and complete documentation.
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