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Privacy

Last updated 2026-04-28

Short version

vibespace sends a small anonymous heartbeat from your machine while the app is running so we can count active installs and roughly understand usage. No personal data, no IP storage, no machine fingerprinting. You can turn it off with one environment variable.

What we collect

While the daemon is running, it sends a heartbeat once at startup and then every five minutes. Each heartbeat contains:

  • A random installation ID — a UUID generated on first launch and stored at ~/.vibespace/installation_id. Not tied to your name, email, account, or any other identity.
  • The app version you are running (e.g. v0.1.18).
  • A timestamp.

What we do not collect

  • No IP address (Vercel may transiently see it for routing; we do not store it).
  • No name, email, GitHub username, or login.
  • No machine name, MAC address, hardware fingerprint, or location.
  • No file paths, project names, agent names, prompts, code, or any data inside your vibespace.
  • No third-party trackers in the app itself.

What we use it for

  • Counting daily and weekly active installs.
  • Understanding aggregate usage time.
  • Seeing which versions are still in the wild so we know when it is safe to remove old code paths.

How to opt out

Set the environment variable before launching the app:

export VIBESPACE_NO_TELEMETRY=1

The daemon checks this on startup. With it set, no heartbeat is ever sent. To get a fresh installation ID at any time, delete the file: 

rm ~/.vibespace/installation_id

Storage and retention

Heartbeats are stored in a managed Redis instance hosted by Upstash on Vercel infrastructure. We keep daily-active records for 90 days; aggregate counters (total usage minutes, last-seen version per installation ID) are retained for as long as the installation ID is active.

To have your installation ID and all associated counters removed, email vibespace.build@gmail.com with the ID from ~/.vibespace/installation_id. We will delete the matching records.

Third-party services on this website

The vibespace.build website itself uses Vercel Analytics and Vercel Speed Insights to measure aggregate page traffic and load performance. These are first-party-style cookieless analytics and do not use third-party trackers. The macOS app does not load these.

Changes

If we expand what is collected, this page will be updated and the change announced in the release notes for the version that ships it. The opt-out environment variable will always be honored.