F5 Distributed Cloud Client-Side Defense vs. JS-Confuser vs. JavaScript vs. Source Defense Comparison Chart

JS-Confuser is a powerful, open source JavaScript obfuscation tool that transforms your source code into a highly unreadable form, deterring reverse engineering, tampering, and unauthorized reuse while preserving full functionality. It offers multiple obfuscation techniques, including variable renaming, control flow flattening, string concealing, and function obfuscation, along with locks such as domain-based or date-based execution constraints and integrity checks to detect runtime modifications. Designed for flexibility, it provides obfuscation presets, ranging from 10 to 21+ transformation layers, and also allows fully customizable configurations to suit performance and protection needs. The tool operates entirely in the browser for fast, private obfuscation workflows, and includes advanced tooling features such as a playground for interactive experimentation, customizable options via JavaScript, integrated code prettification, and debugging support.

Source Defense is a mission critical element of web security designed to protect data at the point of input. The Source Defense Platform provides a simple and effective solution for data security and data privacy compliance – addressing threats and risks originating from the increased use of JavaScript, third-party vendors, and open-source code in your web properties. The Platform provides options for securing your own code, as well as addressing a ubiquitous gap in the management of third-party digital supply chain risk – controlling the actions of the third-party, fourth and nth party JavaScript that powers your site experience. The Source Defense Platform protects against all forms of client-side security incidents – keylogging, formjacking, digital skimming, Magecart, etc. – by extending web security beyond the server to the client-side (the browser).