Privacy
No analytics. Few hosts, all named.
Wipe and this site collect no analytics, no tracking and no account. Nothing about your files leaves your Mac unless you click Ask AI. Below is every host the app and this site contact, and what each one receives.
Hosts the app contacts
| Host | Why Wipe contacts it | What it receives |
|---|---|---|
wipemac.app |
The update feed (appcast.xml and /updates/), once a day. Ask AI answers (/api/jev), only when you click it. License key delivery after a purchase (/api/license). |
The update check sends nothing. Ask AI sends one folder's metadata: the path with your home shortened to ~, its size, file and folder counts, file-type shares and up to 8 child folder names. Never file contents. The license endpoint carries your Polar checkout id. |
api.polar.sh |
License activation, then a check once a week. | Your license key, an activation id and a hashed machine id. |
openrouter.ai |
Only when a developer sets their own OpenRouter key through the Keychain item wipe-jev. Then the Mac calls OpenRouter directly for Ask AI instead of using /api/jev. |
The same folder metadata as Ask AI, plus the developer's own key. |
buy.polar.sh |
The checkout page. Wipe opens it in your browser when you click Buy; the app never calls it. | Whatever you enter at checkout. Polar processes the payment; Wipe never sees your card. |
polar.sh |
The Polar customer portal, where your key and receipts live. Wipe opens it in your browser; the app never calls it. | Your Polar sign-in. |
Hosts this site contacts
| Host | Why the site contacts it | What it receives |
|---|---|---|
wipemac.app |
The pages, downloads and the two API endpoints above, all served by Cloudflare. | Your browser's usual request headers. |
fonts.googleapis.com and fonts.gstatic.com |
The typefaces on these pages. | Your browser's usual request headers. The app never contacts Google. |
What Wipe never sends
- File contents. Wipe reads sizes, dates and names. It hashes files in Downloads and reads small property lists, and both stay on your Mac.
- Scan results, your cleanup history or your disk's numbers. They live in
~/Library/Application Support/Wipeand nowhere else. - Crash reports or usage events. There is no analytics SDK in the app or on the site.
Processors
- Polar processes payments, receipts, sales tax and license keys.
- Cloudflare hosts this site, the update feed and the license and AI endpoints.
- OpenRouter answers Ask AI questions, through
/api/jevor your own key.
Questions about any of this: hi@sliday.com.