Privacy Policy

How ContextDigger handles your data

✅ TL;DR - Your Privacy

  • ✓ 100% Local - All data stays on your computer
  • ✓ No Tracking - We don't collect analytics or telemetry
  • ✓ No Accounts - No sign-up, no user accounts, no authentication
  • ✓ No Servers - We don't have servers to store your data
  • ✓ Open Source - Code is public, audit it yourself

What is ContextDigger?

ContextDigger is a 100% local tool that helps developers navigate large codebases. It runs entirely on your computer and creates a .cdg/ directory in your project to store metadata.

What Data Does ContextDigger Store?

Stored Locally (in .cdg/ directory)

  • Discovered code areas: Metadata about logical sections of your codebase (e.g., "frontend", "backend-api")
  • Navigation history: Which areas you've visited and when
  • Bookmarks: Locations you've marked for quick access
  • Notes: Documentation and discoveries you've written
  • Snapshots: Saved states of your exploration context
  • Configuration: Your project-specific settings

Important:

ContextDigger never reads the contents of your code files. It only analyzes file paths, directory structure, and metadata (like file names and sizes).

What We DON'T Collect

❌ No Analytics or Telemetry

We don't track usage, errors, or any user behavior. Zero telemetry.

❌ No Personal Information

We don't collect names, emails, IP addresses, or any personal data.

❌ No Code Content

Your source code never leaves your computer. We only see file structure, not content.

❌ No Network Requests

ContextDigger doesn't make any network requests. It's completely offline.

❌ No Cookies or Tracking

This website uses no cookies, no tracking pixels, no analytics scripts.

Team Collaboration & Git

If you choose to commit the .cdg/ directory to your git repository:

  • Your teammates can see shared knowledge (discovered areas, notes, bookmarks)
  • Individual history and snapshots remain private (stored in .cdg/local/ which is gitignored)
  • Team activity tracking is optional - you can gitignore .cdg/team/ to keep it private
  • This is standard git collaboration - no data goes to ContextDigger servers (we don't have any)

Third-Party Services

ContextDigger itself uses no third-party services. However:

  • GitHub: Our source code is hosted on GitHub. Installing via pip install git+https://github.com/... connects to GitHub's servers to download the package.
  • Claude Code: ContextDigger is designed to work with Claude Code. Please review Anthropic's privacy policy for how Claude Code handles data.

Website Privacy

This website (contextdigger.com):

  • Uses no cookies
  • Uses no analytics or tracking
  • Makes no network requests beyond loading the page
  • Stores nothing in your browser

We believe in privacy by default. What you do on this website stays on this website.

Data Security

Since all data is stored locally on your computer:

  • You control access with your operating system's file permissions
  • Data security is managed by your computer's security settings
  • We recommend backing up the .cdg/ directory if it contains valuable notes
  • Use git to version control and share team knowledge securely

Children's Privacy

ContextDigger does not collect any data from anyone, including children. The tool is designed for professional software developers.

Changes to This Policy

Since we don't collect any data, this policy is unlikely to change. If it does, we'll update this page and note the changes in our CHANGELOG.

Last updated: December 21, 2024

Questions?

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