Editorial policy

Shipworthy exists to give developers honest, first-hand answers about the tools they are deciding on. These rules apply to every post.

Independence

• Verdicts are ours. A vendor, sponsor or affiliate program never sees or approves a review before it is published.
• Affiliate relationships never change a rating. Tools without an affiliate program are reviewed and ranked the same way.
• "Not yet" verdicts are published. If a tool is not worth your money, we say so.

First-hand evidence

• We only recommend tools we have used on a real project.
• Screenshots, benchmarks and code come from our own use. We do not use stock images or invent numbers.
• Prices are taken from the vendor's pricing page and dated, because they change.

Keeping posts accurate

• Reviews show a "last tested" date and are re-tested every 90 days.
• Posts show both their published and updated dates. Material changes bump the updated date.
• Removed posts redirect to the closest replacement rather than disappearing.

Corrections

If you spot a mistake, email contact@shipworthy.net with the page and what is wrong. Here is what happens next:

• We check the claim against the source, or test it again if it came from our own use.
• If it was wrong, we fix the post and add a dated correction note at the end saying what changed. A material fix also bumps the post's updated date.
• Typos and broken links are fixed without a note.