Privacy
String Hopper stores its data on your Mac. There is no account and no sync.
Where your data goes
| What | Where it goes |
|---|---|
| Your closet, tags, lenses, saved results, chats | Stored in the app's local database on this Mac. |
| Lenses and chat on Apple's model | Processed on-device by Apple Intelligence. Nothing leaves the Mac. |
| Photos on Apple's model | Read on-device by Vision. |
| Lenses, chat and photos on a local model | Sent to the server address you entered in Settings. If that address is localhost, nothing leaves your Mac. |
| Chat with internet access on | Chat fetches the links you paste and searches DuckDuckGo when you ask it to find a piece. It sends your search words and requests the pages it opens. It does not send your closet. |
The last two rows are the only times the app uses the network.
Turning internet access off
In Chat, click Internet on in the input bar so it reads Internet off. Chat then cannot read links or search. Nothing in the chat leaves your Mac, unless you use a model server on another machine.
Deleting your data
Open Settings, and under Your data click Clear everything…. This removes every piece, custom lens and saved result. You cannot undo it.