Privacy policy

Last updated 12 November 2026

StackPad is a notepad that runs entirely on your computer. It has no accounts, no analytics, no telemetry, no ads and no AI features.

What StackPad stores

Everything StackPad keeps stays on your computer, in your user profile:

• Windows: %APPDATA%\stackpad
• Linux: ~/.config/stackpad

That folder holds the text of your open tabs, their titles and order, and your settings (theme, font, window size and similar). Files you save with Save or Save As are stored wherever you choose. StackPad never uploads any of it.

When StackPad connects to the internet

StackPad makes exactly one kind of network request on its own: checking for updates.

• About 15 seconds after it starts, and then every 6 hours, StackPad asks GitHub (where its releases are published) whether a newer version exists. If there is one, it downloads it from GitHub.
• Like any web request, this tells GitHub your IP address and that a copy of StackPad is checking for updates. No note contents, file names, settings or identifiers are sent. GitHub's handling of the request is covered by the GitHub Privacy Statement.
• You can turn this off with Help → Check for Updates Automatically. StackPad then only checks when you choose Help → Check for Updates.
• Copies installed from the Microsoft Store don't check by themselves; the Store updates them.

Links in the Help menu and the About box open in your web browser only when you click them.

This website

This site is hosted on Vercel. It sets no cookies, uses no analytics and loads no third-party fonts or scripts. To show the latest version on the download buttons, your browser asks GitHub's public API for the newest release, which GitHub may log as described in its privacy statement.

Bug reports

Help → Report a Problem opens a GitHub issue form in your browser with your StackPad version and operating system filled in. Nothing is sent until you choose to submit it, and you can edit or remove anything first.

Changes

If this policy changes, the new version will be published here and noted in the release notes.

Contact

Questions about privacy: open an issue on GitHub.