Privacy

The short version

Everything Deskgator learns about you stays on your Mac. There are no accounts, no cloud sync, no analytics, and no tracking. We never see your activity — and neither does anyone else.

What Deskgator sees

To know what your pet should react to, Deskgator watches which app is in front. Specifically, it records:

• The name of the app you're using (like "VS Code" or "Slack")
• The title of the front window
• The web address of your current tab, in supported browsers
• Whether music is playing

This is what powers your activity states, stats, focus goals, and insights.

Where it's stored — and for how long

Your activity history is saved in local files on your Mac, and only there. It's what lets your stats and goal baselines look back at previous days.

After 30 days, Deskgator automatically trims the sensitive parts away: window titles and full web addresses are removed, keeping just the app and site names your stats need. Your charts, baselines, and streaks are unaffected — older days simply no longer contain the detailed titles and links.

You can also delete your entire activity history at any time from the Privacy section in Deskgator's settings.

What leaves your Mac

One thing: a version check. Deskgator periodically asks our update server "what's the newest version?" so it can offer you updates. That request contains no activity data, no identifiers, and nothing about how you use the app.

The AI features (category suggestions, daily reflections) run entirely on your device using Apple's built-in models. Nothing is sent to any AI service.

Questions

If anything here is unclear, or you want to know more about how something works, email us at hi@mydeskgator.com. Deskgator is built by Flow Club.