Periodic, reproducible data reports mined from the Legit.Show catalog — cite-ready statistics with stated samples and open methodology, rebuilt as the directory grows.
- The Discoverability Gap · 2026
AI answer engines now send the traffic search used to. We checked whether 9553 launched web apps, SaaS and AI tools are even built to be found and cited by them — most aren’t
- Open Source vs Closed SaaS · 2026
Does opening the code make a product more production-ready — or less? We compared 212 open-source tools against 9553 closed web apps on the frames both can be measured on
- MCP Servers · an early security read · 2026
MCP is the newest way to give an AI real tools. We scanned 63 servers from our catalog straight from their repositories; 20 are network-exposed (the rest run locally over stdio, where network auth
- The Privacy Gap · 2026
We measured what 9553 launched web apps, SaaS and AI tools do with your data before you ever sign in — including whether they track you without asking
- The Web Security Baseline · 2026
We checked the public security posture of 9553 launched web apps, SaaS and AI tools on Legit.Show — the headers and policies a browser sees before you ever sign in. Most ship without the basics
- The Production Gap · Open-Source AI Tools · 2026
We ran Legit.Show’s 7-Frame production-readiness benchmark across 495 open-source AI, MCP and developer tools — straight from their repositories. AI coding ships a flawless demo; this is what quietly