Privacy, without the fog

Privacy Policy

Effective August 9, 2026

The short version: UsageGlow does not collect, sell, track, or transmit your personal data to the developer. It reads only what is necessary to display your Claude and Codex usage.

Information the app accesses

For Claude, macOS Accessibility is used only to read the All models percentage and reset label visible on Claude Desktop’s Usage screen. For Codex, the app reads the existing authentication token and account identifier from ~/.codex/auth.json. The Codex credential is used in memory only to authenticate a usage request to OpenAI.

Information the app stores

The app stores only each provider’s percent used, reset date, and last synchronization time in local app preferences on your Mac.

Information the app does not access

The app does not read chats, prompts, responses, keyboard input, terminal output, tasks, source code, Documents, Downloads, Photos, Music, browser history, contacts, Claude Code’s Keychain, or location.

Analytics and tracking

There are no analytics, advertising, tracking, crash-reporting, or telemetry SDKs. The developer receives no usage values or credentials.

Provider services

Codex usage requests go directly from your Mac to OpenAI and remain subject to OpenAI’s privacy policy. Claude usage is read locally from the visible Usage screen in Claude Desktop; UsageGlow does not send a separate Claude usage request.

Contact

Questions or feedback: @thelifehiker on X.

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