Screengrep privacy notice.

What the app can record

Screengrep records only enabled signals with the required macOS permission. Local data may include screen images and video, OCR text, microphone or system audio and transcripts, apps and windows, presence, privacy-filtered browser pages, terminal and repository context, file-write activity, Calendar context, optional credential-scrubbed clipboard text, and focused-window text from the separately installed AX Helper.

Capture can be paused at any time. Individual signal controls and app exclusions apply at acquisition time for their corresponding collectors.

Storage

The direct release stores its database and managed media under ~/Library/Application Support/Screengrep/. The searchable database is encrypted with SQLCipher. Media files remain protected by the Mac account and filesystem; FileVault is recommended for full-disk protection.

Removing the app does not silently delete history. Pause and quit the app and helper before deleting the directory above.

Network use

Version 1.0 has no Screengrep account, advertising SDK, remote analytics, or enabled cloud-sync transport. Captured content and the local search index are not uploaded to a Screengrep server.

The app may contact external services to download a user-selected on-device transcription model or open documentation links. macOS may perform its normal certificate and notarization checks.

MCP clients

The bundled MCP server listens locally and is read-only. A user-configured MCP client can request local Screengrep data; that client's own privacy and network behavior are outside Screengrep's control.

Sensitive fields

Browser URLs omit credentials and, by default, query strings and fragments. Clipboard capture is off by default and applies credential-pattern scrubbing before persistence. These filters reduce exposure but cannot guarantee that all sensitive information is recognized.

Cross-Mac sync

Cross-Mac CloudKit sync is disabled in version 1.0. It will not ship until its separate removal-safety and multi-Mac acceptance gates are complete.