GuardSquare

Guardsquare is a mobile application security company that protects iOS and Android apps against reverse engineering, tampering, and runtime attacks through a multilayered defense platform. Its products include DexGuard (Android code hardening, polymorphic obfuscation, and RASP), iXGuard (the iOS equivalent for native and cross-platform apps and SDKs), AppSweep (mobile application security testing that finds vulnerabilities in app code and dependencies and integrates into CI/CD), ThreatCast (real-time post-release threat monitoring), and App Attestation (server-side runtime verification that only genuine apps can reach your APIs). Guardsquare also maintains the widely used open-source ProGuard family of Java bytecode shrinking, optimization, and obfuscation tooling. Protections cover Java, Kotlin, Swift, Objective-C, and cross-platform frameworks including React Native, Flutter, Unity, Cordova, and Ionic. The company was added to the API Evangelist network as a portfolio company of Battery Ventures and enriched from its public developer surface.

GuardSquare is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Mobile App Security, Application Security, Code Obfuscation, and Runtime Application Self-Protection.

GuardSquare’s developer surface includes developer portal, documentation, engineering blog, pricing, signup flow, support, and 15 more developer resources.

🌐 Visit website 📡 Source on GitHub

27.7/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 7/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

0 APIs

CompanyMobile App SecurityApplication SecurityCode ObfuscationRuntime Application Self-ProtectionMobile Application Security TestingApp HardeningApp AttestationThreat Monitoring

Kin Score

Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

Composite quality — 27.7/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 4.8 / 20

Commercial Clarity 12.1 / 20

Operational Transparency 4.1 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.8 / 10

Agent readiness — 7/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 4 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 3 / 3

Improve this rating by publishing the missing artifacts — every area above can be raised, and the full rubric is at apis.io/rating/. This rating is computed from github.com/api-evangelist/guardsquare: open an issue to ask a question, or submit a pull request to add artifacts. Want it done for you? Prioritized profiling — $2,500 →

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal

Portal

SignUp

SignUp

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

WellKnown

WellKnown

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

Design & Contract 1

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Lifecycle

Lifecycle

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Packages

Packages

Access & Security 6

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

TrustCenter

TrustCenter

Compliance

Compliance

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

Security

Security

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

SecurityTxt

SecurityTxt

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

StatusPage

StatusPage

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: guardsquare
name: GuardSquare
description: Guardsquare is a mobile application security company that protects iOS and Android apps against reverse engineering,
  tampering, and runtime attacks through a multilayered defense platform. Its products include DexGuard (Android code hardening,
  polymorphic obfuscation, and RASP), iXGuard (the iOS equivalent for native and cross-platform apps and SDKs), AppSweep (mobile
  application security testing that finds vulnerabilities in app code and dependencies and integrates into CI/CD), ThreatCast
  (real-time post-release threat monitoring), and App Attestation (server-side runtime verification that only genuine apps
  can reach your APIs). Guardsquare also maintains the widely used open-source ProGuard family of Java bytecode shrinking,
  optimization, and obfuscation tooling. Protections cover Java, Kotlin, Swift, Objective-C, and cross-platform frameworks
  including React Native, Flutter, Unity, Cordova, and Ionic. The company was added to the API Evangelist network as a portfolio
  company of Battery Ventures and enriched from its public developer surface.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/guardsquare/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://www.guardsquare.com/hubfs/gs-logo-2x.png
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- battery-ventures
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
tags:
- Company
- Mobile App Security
- Application Security
- Code Obfuscation
- Runtime Application Self-Protection
- Mobile Application Security Testing
- App Hardening
- App Attestation
- Threat Monitoring
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/guardsquare-trust-center.yml
- type: Compliance
  url: https://www.guardsquare.com/security
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/guardsquare-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: Security
  url: https://www.guardsquare.com/disclosure-policy
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/guardsquare-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.guardsquare.com
- type: Portal
  url: https://platform.guardsquare.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.guardsquare.com/
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.guardsquare.com/blog
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/Guardsquare
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.guardsquare.com/pricing
- type: SignUp
  url: https://platform.guardsquare.com/login
- type: Support
  url: https://www.guardsquare.com/support
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.guardsquare.com/terms-of-use
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.guardsquare.com/privacy-policy
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.guardsquare.com/
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/guardsquare-lifecycle.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/guardsquare-packages.yml
- type: SecurityTxt
  url: well-known/guardsquare-security.txt
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/guardsquare-well-known.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/guardsquare-llms.txt
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence