The short version: the Canopy app is local-first and collects
nothing. The website is a normal website, it uses analytics and makes a few
third-party requests, all spelled out below.
Effective 19 July 2026 · applies to the Canopy desktop app and canopyide.dev
The Canopy app
Canopy collects no data. None. There is no account, no
sign-in, no telemetry, no analytics, no crash reporting, and no server of
ours for the app to talk to. Your code, your prompts, your terminal
sessions, and your project configuration live on your machine
(~/.canopy/) and never reach us. We cannot
see how you use Canopy, and we like it that way.
Two qualifications, in the interest of honesty:
Auto-update. Canopy periodically checks GitHub for a
newer release and downloads it from GitHub releases. Like any web request,
this exposes your IP address and basic request metadata to GitHub, governed by the
GitHub Privacy Statement.
No identifier of you or your machine is included; it is a plain download
request. Updates for .deb/.rpm
installs go through your package manager instead.
Agent CLIs are third parties. Canopy launches tools
like Claude Code, Codex, or Aider in a terminal, but they are separate
software with their own vendors, API keys, and privacy policies. What an
agent sends to its model provider is between you and that provider;
Canopy neither adds to it nor sees it.
The website (canopyide.dev)
Analytics. The website uses analytics to understand
how it's used, which pages are visited, roughly where visitors come from,
and how the site performs, so we can improve it. This may involve cookies
or similar technologies, and a third-party analytics provider processing
that data on our behalf. We look at it only in aggregate; we don't use it
to identify you personally, and we never sell it.
Hosting. The site runs on a third-party hosting
provider whose servers keep standard request logs (such as IP address and
user agent) as a normal part of serving any website.
Fonts. The site loads one typeface from
Google Fonts, which
means your browser makes a request to Google's servers.
Downloads and version checks. Download links point at
GitHub releases, and the download page may query the GitHub API for the
latest version number, both requests go to
GitHub,
not to us.
What we hold about you
Beyond the aggregate, non-identifying website analytics described above,
nothing, unless you choose to interact with us on GitHub (issues, pull
requests, discussions, or sponsorships), in which case that interaction is
public and governed by GitHub's terms, or you email us directly, in which
case we have your email.
Children
Neither the app nor the site is directed at children, and neither
collects personal information from anyone, children included.
Changes
If this policy changes, the new version will be published at this
address with an updated effective date. Since the app doesn't phone home,
a policy change can never retroactively grant us data, the app you
already have keeps behaving as described above.
Contact
Questions or concerns:
open an issue
on GitHub. Canopy is maintained by Cause Connect Pte. Ltd., Singapore.