Privacy
Last updated 9 November 2026
Short version: LocalSites has no accounts, no ads, no analytics and no telemetry. Your projects and databases stay on your Mac.
This website
The website is a static page hosted on GitHub Pages. It sets no cookies and runs no analytics or tracking scripts, and its fonts are served from the same site. GitHub, as the host, may log basic request data such as IP addresses for security; see GitHub's privacy statement.
The app
- Your data stays on your Mac. Projects, databases, settings and logs are stored locally. Database passwords are kept in the macOS Keychain.
- Update checks are opt-in. When turned on, the app asks GitHub for the latest release. No personal data is sent.
- Problem reports are off by default. If you turn them on, a report is only sent after you review it. Reports are cleaned of passwords, tokens, email addresses, IP addresses and your user name, and are stored with Sentry, the error-reporting service the project uses.
- Sharing a site on the internet only happens when you start it, and goes through the tunnel service you pick (Cloudflare quick tunnel or bore).
- AI agents you connect talk to LocalSites on your own Mac. What those agents send to their providers is covered by the agent's own privacy policy.
Contributions
If you contribute, payments are handled by GitHub (GitHub Sponsors) or Razorpay. From them, LocalSites may receive your name, email address, the amount, the date and a payment reference. Your full card, UPI or bank details are never shared with LocalSites. This information is used only to keep records, say thank you, answer your questions and handle refunds. It is never sold or shared for marketing.
See GitHub's privacy statement and Razorpay's privacy policy for how they handle your data.
Your choices
You can ask what information LocalSites holds about you from a contribution, or ask for it to be deleted, through the contact page. Some payment records may need to be kept for tax and accounting reasons.