Privacy Policy

Last updated September 2026

clide is free, open-source software licensed under MIT. This page covers two things separately: this marketing website, and the clide app itself.

This website

This site is a static page with no accounts, no analytics, and no tracking scripts. We do not collect, store, or sell any personal data through it. There is nothing to sign up for and nothing to opt out of.

The clide app

clide runs on your Mac. Based on the project's current README:

• Audio is never stored — only text transcripts are saved.
• History lives in a local SQLite database on your machine, with full-text search over your own transcripts.
• Transcription currently runs through Groq using your own API key, which is stored in the macOS Keychain — not in a config file, not on our servers.
• Requests go straight from your machine to your chosen provider. clide has no backend that sees your audio or text.

Because clide is open source, you can read the code yourself instead of taking our word for it — see the GitHub repository.

We do not sell your data

clide does not sell, rent, or share user data, because clide does not collect user data in the first place. There is no analytics pipeline and no third party this project shares information with.

Questions

Open an issue on the GitHub issue tracker and a contributor will get back to you.