Privacy
Last updated: 7 November 2026
In short: ShapeBit OS sends us nothing. It has no accounts, no telemetry and no ads, and we never sell your data. This website uses no cookies and counts visits without identifying you.
ShapeBit OS
What you do on your computer stays on it. The system has no telemetry and no crash reports, and it never contacts us.
To stay up to date, your computer connects to the services below. Like any website, they see your IP address and what is downloaded.
| What | From | When |
|---|---|---|
| System updates | GitHub | Every 6 hours, but not on metered connections |
| Apps | Flathub | When you browse or install apps, and once a day for app updates |
| Assistant and dictation | Hugging Face, GitHub | Only when you choose to download them |
| The correct time | Public time servers (pool.ntp.org) | Regularly |
The assistant and dictation run on your computer. What you type or say to them is not sent anywhere. Recordings are deleted as soon as dictation ends. Conversations stay on your computer until you delete them. If you add an online model yourself, what you send to it goes to that provider.
Apps you install come from their own developers, who have their own privacy policies.
This website
- No cookies. Nothing is stored in your browser.
- Visit counts. We use Simple Analytics, which counts page views, referring sites, browser and device types, and clicks on buttons and links, such as the download button. It stores no IP addresses and no data that identifies you.
- Fonts. The home page loads fonts from Google Fonts, so Google sees your IP address.
- Hosting. GitHub Pages hosts this site and logs IP addresses for security.
- Installer version. The home page asks our download server, download.shapebit.software, which version the installer is, so the server sees your IP address. It keeps no logs of requests.
When you contact us
If you email us, we use your address and message only to reply to you. We don’t share them, and we delete them when you ask. The legal basis is our legitimate interest in answering you. If you post on GitHub, what you post is public.
Your rights
You can ask us what data we have about you, and ask us to correct or delete it. Just email us. In the EU and UK, you can also complain to your data protection authority.
Contact
ShapeBit Software, hello at shapebit dot software
If this policy changes, we will update this page and the date at the top.