vCode Privacy Policy

Effective July 4, 2026

vCode does not collect, store, or share any personal data. There are no accounts, no analytics, no advertising, and no tracking of any kind.

Everything runs on your device

vCode is an on-device IDE. Your code, projects, output, and settings live only on your iPhone or iPad, inside the app's private container (and in your own iCloud/device backups, which are controlled by you and Apple — not by us). We operate no servers, and the app never sends your code or files anywhere unless you explicitly ask it to (for example, pushing to your own GitHub repository).

Network connections the app makes

vCode works fully offline. It only uses the network for actions you start yourself:

  • Package installs — when you install a package, the app downloads it directly from the public registries pypi.org (Python) or registry.npmjs.org (Node.js). Only standard download requests are made; no personal information is included.
  • Git — when you clone, pull, or push, the app talks directly to the repository host you specify (for example github.com) over HTTPS.
  • Your own code — programs and web pages you write may access the network if you code them to. That traffic goes wherever you send it and is under your control.

These services have their own privacy policies; your requests to them are governed by those policies.

Your GitHub access token

If you add a GitHub personal access token, it is stored securely in the device Keychain (or an encrypted, device-protected file) and is only ever transmitted to the git host you are cloning from or pushing to. We never see it, never proxy it, and never send it anywhere else. Removing it in Source Control → Account deletes it from the device.

What we don't do

  • No analytics or telemetry — we can't see how you use the app, or that you use it at all.
  • No advertising and no third-party SDKs that collect data.
  • No account, sign-up, or profile.
  • No sale or sharing of data — we have nothing to sell or share.

Children's privacy

vCode does not collect personal information from anyone, including children.

Changes to this policy

If vCode's privacy practices ever change, this page will be updated and the effective date revised before the change takes effect.