Built for Speed, Designed for Privacy
Understand how Inspectr delivers fast, secure request handling without compromising throughput or privacy.
Why speed and performance matter
Section titled “Why speed and performance matter”At Inspectr, we take performance and privacy seriously.
Every technical design choice is driven by a simple principle:
Handle every request as fast and safely as possible.
Built for throughput
Section titled “Built for throughput”Inspectr is designed to process large volumes of requests per second without introducing bottlenecks. The architecture is optimized around the hot path: receiving an incoming request and returning the response immediately.
No added delays. No hidden layers. Just speed.
Why we chose Go
Section titled “Why we chose Go”Go lets Inspectr ship as a single binary that is easy to run anywhere.
- High performance with a small memory footprint (about 50MB RAM in typical usage).
- Minimal external dependencies, which lowers the attack surface and keeps upgrades simple.
- Single, static binaries that are easy to run, distribute, deploy, and trust.
Keeping it local
Section titled “Keeping it local”Full Data Privacy & Control: All operations are stored local-only; ensuring fast throughput, reduced latency, and improved security by keeping sensitive data on your own system.
Inspectr was designed as a local-first tool, not a SaaS service. All captured requests and responses are processed, analyzed, and stored entirely on your machine - never sent to any remote server.This means you remain in full control of your data, your keys, and all payloads.
Even when using the --expose option, Inspectr functions purely as a lightweight proxy that forwards encrypted traffic directly to your local instance without retaining or inspecting it on the ingress side.
This local-only approach means: no hidden backends or centralized data stores — just your environment, under your control. It’s a privacy-by-design model that keeps sensitive information where it belongs: with you.
In contrast to traditional tunneling or debugging tools, Inspectr provides the same convenience and real-time inspection capabilities without ever transferring ownership of your data.
Processing beyond the request/response
Section titled “Processing beyond the request/response”Inspectr includes optional capabilities that never interfere with the primary request pipeline.
- Operations archive for historical context.
- In-app SSE streams to power the real-time dashboard.
- Live statistics to watch performance metrics.
- Rules engine to automate request handling.
Each feature runs alongside the hot path so Inspectr can scale while staying responsive. All are carefully designed so they never impact request handling performance.
Security, privacy, and performance - together
Section titled “Security, privacy, and performance - together”Performance without security is dangerous; security without privacy is incomplete. Inspectr delivers all three, designed for developers who need speed without sacrificing control.