RedActor — Anonymize Code in 1 Click

Stop leaking secrets to AI, issues, and chats.

RedActor anonymizes sensitive data directly in VS Code, locally.

Why people install it

• Fast: run from context menu or command palette
• Safe: no cloud, no API calls, no data exfiltration
• Practical: preview diff before sharing

What it anonymizes

• Emails → user@email.com
• URLs → https://example.com
• IPs → 0.0.0.0
• Secrets/keys → SECRET_1, SECRET_2, ...
• Names → PERSON_1, PERSON_2, ...
• Your custom regex patterns

Commands

• Anonymize Code (redactor.anonymize)
• Anonymize Code (Preview Diff) (redactor.diff)

1-second setup

1. Open your file
2. Right-click → Anonymize Code
3. Done — safe to share

Custom rules (team-ready)

"redactor.customPatterns": [
  {
    "name": "Internal Ticket",
    "regex": "/TICKET-[0-9]+/g",
    "replace": "TICKET-XXX"
  }
]

Recommended settings

"redactor.openInNewTab": true,
"redactor.highlight.enabled": true,
"redactor.highlight.color": "rgba(0, 255, 0, 0.15)"

Positioning

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