Privacy Policy

Last updated 18 October 2026

Short version: Pikori has no account, no analytics, and no crash reporting. Your usage limits, calendar, notes, and clipboard stay on your Mac. The app goes online only to check for updates.

This policy covers the Pikori Mac app and the website pikori.io. Pikori is made by an independent developer. Questions: pikori.contact@gmail.com.

What stays on your Mac

Pikori keeps its files in ~/Library/Application Support/PixelQuota/. Only your macOS user account can read them. They are not encrypted, and they are never uploaded.

• Claude Code limits. When you click Connect Claude Code, Pikori adds a small status line helper to ~/.claude/settings.json, after making a backup. Claude Code passes that helper its status line data; Pikori keeps only the 5-hour and weekly limit percentages, reset times, and the time it saw them. Pikori does not read your Claude sign-in or any token. Disconnect puts your old status line back and removes the helper.
• Codex limits. Pikori asks the Codex CLI on your Mac (codex app-server) for your current limits. The Codex CLI uses its own sign-in; Pikori never reads it.
• Calendar. If you allow access, Pikori reads today's events and which days this month have events, to show them on the Today tab. Events are held in memory only and never saved or sent anywhere.
• Clipboard. Save recent copies is off until you turn it on. Then Pikori keeps up to 30 copied items for 24 hours and deletes older ones. It skips copies that apps mark as private, such as passwords from password managers. Files you drop on the Clipboard tab are stored as paths, not copies.
• Notes. Your to-do notes are saved in a local file.
• Settings. Your choices (characters, colors, tab order, and the characters you own) are kept in the app's preferences.

What goes over the internet

• Update check. Once a day, Pikori downloads https://pikori.io/appcast.xml to see if a new version is out, using the Sparkle updater. The request carries your IP address and the app version, like any web request. Pikori does not send a system profile, and you can turn off automatic updates.
• Claude Code and Codex. These tools talk to Anthropic and OpenAI as they always do. Pikori adds nothing to that traffic. Their own privacy policies apply.
• Feedback. Send Feedback opens an email in your mail app with your Pikori version, macOS version, and Mac chip type filled in. Nothing is sent until you press Send, and nothing is attached unless you attach it.
• Notifications. Low-limit notifications are made on your Mac. They do not go through any server.

Purchases

Extra characters will be sold through Lemon Squeezy, which acts as the merchant of record. Lemon Squeezy collects your name, email address, payment details, and country to process the payment and taxes, under its own privacy policy. We receive your email address, what you bought, and the order details, so we can deliver your purchase, answer support requests, and handle refunds. We never see your full card number.

The website

• pikori.io has no analytics, no advertising, and no cookies.
• Pages load fonts from Google Fonts, so your browser sends your IP address to Google. See Google's privacy policy.
• When you enter a beta key, the server keeps your IP address in memory for up to 10 minutes of attempts, to limit guessing. It is not written to disk. Our host, Railway, may keep standard server logs.

What we never do

We do not sell or share your data, build profiles, or show ads. Pikori does not ask for Accessibility, Full Disk Access, or Screen Recording.

Your choices

• Turn off Calendar access in System Settings › Privacy & Security › Calendars.
• Turn off Save recent copies, or remove items, on the Clipboard tab.
• Delete everything by disconnecting Claude Code, quitting Pikori, and removing the app and the PixelQuota folder above.
• To see, correct, or delete purchase records we hold, write to pikori.contact@gmail.com.

Children

Pikori is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect their data.

Changes

If this policy changes, we update this page and the date at the top. Big changes will also appear in the app's release notes.