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Backlot vs Connected Apps
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Local emulator for Slack, Gmail, Drive, GitHub, Jira, Notion, S3 and more, with per-document ACLs
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Read Gmail, search GitHub, update Sheets, and post to Slack through Composio.
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Neither has been reviewed yet, so the comparison rests on the scan and the public usage numbers. Both score close on the safety scan (86 and 88 out of 100). Connected Apps is hosted and callable through the gateway; Backlot runs on your own machine.
| Backlot | Connected Apps | |
|---|---|---|
| User rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
| Safety grade | A86/100 | A88/100 |
| Adoption | Established | Established |
| GitHub stars | 260 | 5.2k |
| Downloads / week | 132 | – |
| Runs where | Your machine (local) | Hosted (remote) |
| Gateway-ready | No | Yes |
| Tools | — | — |
| Write actions | — | — |
| Price per call | Free | Free |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Last release | 2026-10-23 | 2026-10-01 |
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