AdFrolicGet early access

Advertising for developers, by developers.

Privacy by default. One small, fully sandboxed message at a natural pause — never in your code, never in your prompts, never sold.

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What it replaces: nothing

We're not adding a new distraction — we're adding one small, clearly labeled, self-contained card where there was silence.

Visual Studio Code
🔒 Sandboxed
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Terminal — Claude Code

$ claude

Running tests... 42 passed, 0 failed

Waiting for the next step...

🔒 Sandboxed
Sponsored

Acme CI

Ship faster — free for open source.

That's the whole surface area: one small, dismissible, clearly labeled card, fully sandboxed from everything else. It can't read your files, touch your terminal, or reach your network — it can only render itself.

How it works

For developers

  1. 1
    Install the extensionAdd the VS Code or Claude Code integration in a couple of clicks.
  2. 2
    Keep coding as normalA small sponsored message appears only at natural pauses — never mid-flow.
  3. 3
    Get paidEarn a share of the revenue from every valid impression, paid out via Stripe.

For advertisers

  1. 1
    Set up a campaignTarget by environment, language, region, and placement — no code execution.
  2. 2
    Reach developers while they buildYour message shows up exactly where developers already are, at the right moment.
  3. 3
    Track what mattersTransparent impression, click, and conversion reporting — no black box.

Built differently, on purpose

Fully sandboxed

The ad surface can't read your files, touch your terminal, or reach your network. It can only render its own content — nothing else.

Non-intrusive by design

One small, dismissible, clearly labeled placement. Never inline in code or chat.

Privacy-first targeting

Coarse, voluntary context only — never your code, prompts, or terminal output.

Fair pay for attention

Developers earn real revenue instead of tools relying on unpaid word-of-mouth.

Trust, from day one

AdFrolic is still in development — we'd rather say that plainly than pretend otherwise. But the security and privacy posture isn't an afterthought we'll add later; it's the foundation we're building on now.

Read our privacy commitments — the full policy is coming before launch.

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