your stuff stays on your mac.

runs only on claude.ai and chatgpt.com.

reads whether claude or chatgpt is replying, asking you something or done, plus the chat's title and the latest line, so the notch can show it.

sends that only to the perch app on the same mac. never to us, never to a server.

presses allow, deny or send only when you ask it to from perch.

no analytics, no ads, nothing stored or sold.

what your agents are doing stays on your mac (127.0.0.1).

the mic listens only while you hold the hotkey, and speech becomes text on your mac.

one screenshot, only when you hold the keys and ask about your screen. it goes to your own claude code and is never saved.

perch's memory is a file on your mac (~/.perch/memory.md). you can open, edit or clear it, or turn memory off. it, and your CLAUDE.md and AGENTS.md notes, only ever go to your own claude code.

perch does things on your mac only after you press allow, and shows exactly what it will run first.

answers are spoken by your mac's own voice. if you choose sarvam or elevenlabs instead, the answer text is sent to them, with your own key, to turn it into speech. your key stays in your mac's keychain.

from the internet it only fetches the update check and a small list of claude's button labels from this site.

if you turn them on, perch sends the app version, macos version, mac model, which features are on, and a short trail of what perch was doing when something broke.

never your screen, chats, prompts, files or file names.

reports go to sentry, which we use to find and fix bugs. switch them off any time in perch → about & updates.

if you choose "count me in", perch sends one tiny check-in a day: a random id made on your mac and the app version. it's how we know how many people use perch.

no name, no email, no screen, chats or files. switch it off any time in perch → about & updates.

when you use send feedback, we get what you type, and your email if you add it, so we can write back.

questions? send feedback from inside perch and we'll reply.