Privacy

The website

No tracking scripts. No fingerprinting. No analytics SDK.

The site is static files served to your browser, and nothing more.

The app

Your code stays in the project folder you open. Minnow stores chats, project knowledge, and configuration on your machine under ~/.minnow.

Minnow has no telemetry, no crash reporting service, and no account. Nothing is sent to Minnow's authors. The app connects to other services only when you use something that needs them:

• Models. With a local model, prompts and code stay on your machine. With a cloud provider, that provider receives each prompt and the context the agent includes, such as files it read and memories it retrieved.
• Web search and page fetches. When an agent searches or opens a URL. Searches go to the search provider you choose; the default runs locally.
• Model downloads. From Hugging Face, when you download a model.
• GitHub. Pull requests, CI, and issue sync go through your own gh CLI. Skill and MCP installs come from GitHub or the server you added.
• Webhooks. To endpoints you configure.
• Updates. Packaged builds check GitHub Releases for new versions. That request does not include your code or chat content.

The full detail, including how agents are contained, is in Privacy and security.