- Who this covers
- What the app stores
- What the app sends
- Secure values
- The built-in tools
- Feedback and ratings
- Your control
- This website
- Other services
- Children
- Changes
- Contact
1. Who this covers
This policy describes how the SwiftX desktop application ("SwiftX", "the app") and this website handle information. SwiftX is an open-source project; you can read every line of code that touches your data in the public repository.
2. What the app stores
SwiftX saves your orbit items and settings (the apps, files, folders, links and groups you add, and preferences such as theme, language, shortcut and hot corner) to a single file on your PC:
%AppData%\SwiftX\orbit.json, or whereverSWIFTX_DATA_DIRpoints if you have set it.- A cache of icons, beside that file, so they don't have to be fetched again.
- A diagnostic log at
%TEMP%\swiftx.log, recreated on every launch. It records window, shortcut and hot-corner failures and stays on your PC unless you choose to share it.
None of this leaves your device. There is no SwiftX account and no server to sync to.
3. What the app sends
SwiftX collects no usage data, sends no crash or telemetry reports, and shows no ads. It makes exactly one kind of network request on its own:
- Website icons. When you put a web link on the orbit, SwiftX asks that website for its icon (
/favicon.ico) so the item can show it. If the site has none, it asks DuckDuckGo's public icon service for that site's icon instead. The request names the site, not you; like any web request, it reveals your IP address to the server that answers it. Icons are cached, so each site is asked once.
Anything you launch from the orbit (a browser, an app, a link) is governed by that software's own privacy practices, not this policy.
4. Secure values
Anything kept in the Secure values tool is protected with Windows' own per-user encryption (DPAPI). It can only be read back while you're signed in to the same Windows account on the same device. Values are masked on screen and copied to the clipboard only when you ask.
5. The built-in tools
Text you paste and files you open in the Data formatter, Quick Format, Base64 and Certificate tools are processed on your device and are never uploaded anywhere. Quick Format reads your clipboard only when you open it.
6. Feedback and ratings
The star rating in Settings is saved to your PC with the rest of your settings and is not sent anywhere. The feedback and issue links simply open your browser at the project's GitHub pages; nothing you write there passes through SwiftX.
7. Your control
- Export your whole setup at any time from Settings → General → Backup & restore.
- Reset clears everything back to defaults.
- Remove everything by quitting SwiftX and deleting the
%AppData%\SwiftXfolder.
Because your data stays on your device, keeping backups of it is your responsibility.
8. This website
This site uses no cookies, no analytics and no third-party scripts, and its fonts are served from the site itself. The formatter and Base64 demos run entirely in your browser; nothing you type into them is transmitted. The only thing remembered between visits is your light or dark display choice, kept in your own browser (local storage) and never sent to a server.
This page is served by the host of this website, which, like any web host, may log technical information such as your IP address for security and operations.
9. Other services
Downloads, release notes and the issue tracker are hosted on GitHub. When you use them, GitHub's own terms and privacy statement apply.
10. Children
SwiftX does not knowingly collect information from anyone, including children, because it does not collect information at all.
11. Changes
If this policy changes, the new version will be published here with a new date at the top. If SwiftX ever starts sending anything new, this page will say so before the release that does it.
12. Contact
Questions about privacy belong on the project's issue tracker. See also the terms and conditions.