The short version
Orbit Launcher collects no personal data whatsoever. It has no network access, sends nothing to any server, and stores your preferences only in macOS UserDefaults on your own machine.
What we collect
Nothing. Orbit Launcher is a fully local, offline application. It does not connect to the internet for any reason.
What stays on your Mac
The following information is stored locally in macOS UserDefaults and never leaves your device:
- Your ring appearance settings (size, colors, opacity, theme)
- Your hotkey configuration
- Your permanent and pinned app list
- Whether you have completed the onboarding tour
- Your "Launch at Login" preference
This data is stored by the app to remember your preferences between launches. You can delete it at any time by removing the app and clearing its container.
App indexing
Orbit Launcher reads the contents of your /Applications folder and other standard macOS app directories to build its search index. This index exists only in memory and is never written to disk or transmitted anywhere.
Accessibility & input monitoring
Orbit Launcher requests Accessibility access from macOS to register a global hotkey. This permission is used solely to detect your hotkey press so the launcher can appear. No keystrokes, clipboard contents, or screen contents are ever read or recorded.
Third-party services
Orbit Launcher uses no third-party analytics, crash reporting, advertising SDKs, or telemetry of any kind.
This website
The orbitlauncher.app website is a static site hosted on Cloudflare Pages. Cloudflare may collect standard server-side access logs (IP address, browser, page requested) as part of their infrastructure. See Cloudflare's Privacy Policy for details. We do not use any analytics, tracking pixels, or cookies on this website.
Children's privacy
Orbit Launcher does not collect any information from anyone, including children under 13.
Changes to this policy
If this policy ever changes, the updated version will be posted here with a new "last updated" date. Given that we collect no data, we do not anticipate meaningful changes.
Contact
Questions about this privacy policy? Email marc@vigod.com.