Privacy Policy

Last updated: January 2026

TL;DR: Emdash runs locally on your machine. We don't collect your code—but when you use AI agents, your code is sent to those providers. We only collect minimal analytics.

How Emdash Works

Emdash is a desktop application that runs entirely on your local machine. It orchestrates AI coding agents (like Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and others) that you configure with your own API keys or accounts.

We don't collect your code. Emdash does not transmit your source code, projects, or files to our servers. However, when you use AI coding agents through Emdash, your code is sent directly to those third-party AI services (Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, etc.) according to their own privacy policies.

What We Collect

We collect minimal information to improve Emdash:

  • Basic Usage Analytics: We may collect anonymous usage data such as which features are used, app version, and operating system. This helps us understand how to improve the product.
  • Crash Reports: If the app crashes, we may collect error logs to help diagnose and fix bugs. These logs do not contain your source code.

You can opt out of analytics in the app settings. Even when enabled, we never collect:

  • Your source code or project files
  • Contents of your conversations with AI agents
  • Your API keys or authentication tokens
  • File names or directory structures
  • Screenshots, screen recordings, or window contents

Third-Party AI Services

When you use AI coding agents through Emdash, your code and prompts are sent directly from your device to those services. Emdash acts as an interface—we do not proxy or store this data.

Each AI service has its own privacy policy governing how they handle your data:

  • Anthropic (Claude Code)
  • OpenAI (Codex)
  • Google (Gemini)
  • GitHub (Copilot)
  • And others you may configure

We recommend reviewing the privacy policies of any AI services you use through Emdash.

Issue Tracker Integrations

If you connect Emdash to issue trackers (Linear, Jira, GitHub Issues), authorization occurs directly between your device and those services. We do not store your access tokens on our servers—they remain on your local machine.

Data Security

Because Emdash runs locally and we collect minimal data, your projects and code have the same security as any other files on your computer. We do not operate servers that store your code or project data.

Any analytics data we collect is handled with industry-standard security practices.

Your Rights

You have the right to:

  • Opt out of analytics collection at any time
  • Request deletion of any analytics data we have collected
  • Request information about what data we have associated with you

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at the email address below.

Open Source

Emdash is open source. You can review our code at github.com/generalaction/emdash to verify exactly what data the application accesses and transmits.

Contact Us

Emdash is developed by General Action Inc., a company backed by Y Combinator.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

Email: raban@emdash.sh

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date.