Privacy Policy

Short version: MiniSpace runs entirely on your Mac and sends nothing anywhere. No account, no analytics, no telemetry.

Last updated: 9 November 2026. Applies to MiniSpace 0.2.0 and this website.

The app

• Nothing is uploaded. Scanning reads file and folder metadata (names, sizes, dates) on your Mac. Duplicate detection and Verify a copy read file contents only to compute SHA-256 hashes locally. This version does not upload file contents, scan results or hashes anywhere.
• No account, no analytics, no telemetry. There is no sign-in, no usage tracking, no crash reporting service, no AI library and no automatic update service in the app.
• One outbound action. Links in the Help menu open in your web browser when you click them. That is you visiting a website, not the app sending data in the background.
• Payment is separate. The app has no connection to Gumroad. Buying happens on Gumroad's website before you download.

What is stored on your Mac

• Settings, logs and schedules in ~/Library/Application Support/DiskSpacer. That legacy folder name is kept so upgrades preserve your settings. Logs can include file paths.
• Recovery logs. Every item MiniSpace moves to the Trash is recorded with its original path, under user-trash-log and cleanup-recovery inside the same folder, so Undo and Put back work and so you can read later what was moved.
• Saved scan results, so the app can open with your last scan instead of a cold start.
• Reports are saved only when you choose Save, in the place you choose. They contain paths, names and counts. Existing files are never overwritten.

Removing the DiskSpacer folder deletes all of this. Keep any holding-folder contents until you have recovered them.

Permissions

macOS may ask you to grant MiniSpace Full Disk Access so it can read the Trash and some app folders. The app opens the Privacy & Security pane for you but never changes the setting itself. You can decline; the features that need it will say so.

This website

This site sets no cookies, runs no analytics and has no third-party scripts or embeds. It loads two typefaces from Google Fonts, which means your browser requests font files from Google under Google's privacy policy. The web host may keep ordinary server logs (such as IP address and page requested) under its own policy.

Buying

Purchases are handled by Gumroad under Gumroad's privacy policy. Gumroad collects your payment and contact details. I receive what Gumroad shares with sellers, such as your email address and order details, and use them only to deliver the product, answer support requests and process refunds.

If you contact me

If you reply to your Gumroad receipt or write to [email protected], I receive your email address and message and use them only to reply. Please do not send file contents, passwords or full reports unless you have removed sensitive details.

Changes

If this policy changes, the new version will be posted here with a new date.