Keeping kids safe on the open web.
tinycoders is a place for creativity, not exposure. The web is incredible, but it's not designed for kids by default — so we designed for them on purpose. Here's how we protect kids, and how you can help.
What we do
Parents are the only account holders
Kids never sign up. Kids never log in. We do not collect kid email addresses, ages, birthdays, photos of their faces, or any other personal information. Your account is the parent's, full stop.
Approval on every single change
Nothing goes live until you click Approve in your dashboard. Read the preview. Edit it if needed. The site you publish is the site you said yes to.
Kid sites live on a sandboxed domain
Parent accounts live at tinycoders.ai. Kid sites live at *.tinycoders.dev — a separate domain. Even if a site does something unexpected, your account and password stay safe.
Strict content rules, enforced
No tracking, no ads, no third-party scripts unless you explicitly request them. Quotas on file size and upload frequency. Anything that violates the rules gets the site taken down.
Anyone can report a site
A small "report" link sits on every kid site (configurable later). Reports come straight to our safety team. We review within one business day.
Talk to your kid before you start
Building a real website is a big deal. Before your kid hits publish, here are the conversations worth having. Read these together if it helps.
Don't share personal information
The internet is huge, and you don't know who's reading. Things to keep off your site:
- Your full name. (A first name or nickname is plenty.)
- Where you go to school.
- Your home address, phone number, or email.
- Photos that clearly show your face.
- Information about other kids — even if they're your friends. Their parents didn't say yes.
The internet remembers
Anything you put on the internet might be there forever, even after you delete it. Imagine a stranger reading every word and seeing every picture. Your future self, too. Would you still post it?
Be kind
Don't post things that are mean about specific people, even people who can't see your site. The rule is: would you say this out loud, in front of grandma, with the person you're talking about standing next to you? If not, don't post it.
If something feels off, tell a parent
If you see something scary, mean, or confusing online, tell a grown-up. You won't be in trouble for telling. That's a promise.
What's not allowed on tinycoders
- Sexual, explicit, violent, or hateful content of any kind.
- Personal information about you, your family, or anyone else.
- Copyrighted material you don't have permission to use — songs, characters from movies, photos you found on Google, etc.
- Anything that tricks visitors: fake login pages, scam links, fake error pop-ups.
- Tracking, ads, crypto miners, or scripts that try to harm or surveil visitors.
- Links to harmful, scary, or inappropriate sites.
- Impersonation — pretending to be someone real, or a real company.
If a site violates the rules, we'll take it down. Repeated violations end the account. We try to be fair, and we lean toward "talk first, take down if needed" — but for clear violations involving safety, we act immediately.
A note on AI
AI tools like Claude are powerful and creative. They are also, sometimes, surprising. They can generate text or images that aren't quite right for kids — even when you didn't ask for anything weird.
Two things to do:
- Read what your kid is making before you approve a deploy. Every page, every word, every image. The Approve button is your safety net. Use it.
- Guide the conversation. If Claude says something off, you can correct it: "let's keep this kid-friendly and not scary" usually does the trick. The CLAUDE.md template we provide nudges things in the right direction up front.
Building with AI is a great way to teach your kid to be a critical reader of computer output — that the computer is a tool, not an oracle, and that humans are still the ones making the calls.
Reporting
See a tinycoders site that violates our rules — or that worries you for any reason? Email safety@tinycoders.ai with:
- The full URL of the site
- What's wrong (a sentence is fine)
- Optional: a screenshot
We review within one business day. For urgent safety concerns (a child appearing to be in danger, threats, etc.), please also contact local authorities — we coordinate with them when appropriate.
A safe place to make something cool.
That's the goal. If you have ideas for how we can do better, we'd love to hear them.