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Privacy policy

Applies to the SUPER DESKTOP app for Linux and the SUPER DESKTOP Android app (package com.gladimdim.superdesktop). Last updated 30 September 2026.

In short: SUPER DESKTOP has no accounts, no servers of ours, no analytics, no advertising and no tracking. The developer does not receive, collect or store any of your data.

Your phone and your computers talk directly to each other, over your own network or Tailscale, and everything you type or see stays between them.

Who we are

SUPER DESKTOP is made by Dmytro Gladkyi, an independent developer (“we”, “us”). The Linux app is open source at github.com/gladimdim/super-desktop.

What the apps handle, and where it goes

Information	Where it lives	Sent to us?
Pairing details for each of your computers: its name and address, a pairing token, and the pinned certificate that identifies it	On your phone, in encrypted storage backed by the Android Keystore. Excluded from Android backup.	No
Terminal output, the prompts you type, drafts, images and files you attach, file names and folder paths	Sent only to the computer you chose, over a certificate-pinned encrypted (HTTPS/WSS) connection. Unsent drafts and a short-lived cache stay on your phone.	No
App settings: theme, card colours, widget and usage-card choices, notification choices	On your phone only	No
Free-trial day count and cached Pro status	On your phone. If Android backup is on, this one small file is also kept in your own Google backup, so reinstalling the app does not restart the free trial. It is never sent to us.	No

Terminal output and prompts can contain whatever your AI coding tools show or you type, including source code. That content travels only between your own devices. What the AI tools running on your computers then send to their own providers is governed by those tools and providers, not by SUPER DESKTOP.

Purchases

The Android app has a one-time optional purchase, SUPER DESKTOP Pro, handled entirely by Google Play. Google processes your payment and tells the app whether the purchase exists. We never see your payment details, name or Google account, and the app has no SUPER DESKTOP account. Google's handling of that information is described in Google's privacy policy. Google Play Billing also sends its own diagnostic data to Google.

Permissions the Android app asks for

Internet, network state, Wi-Fi state and multicast: to connect to your computers and to find them on the same Wi-Fi network (mDNS discovery). The app connects only to computers you paired.
Camera: only when you choose to scan a pairing QR code. Camera images are read on the spot to decode the code; they are not saved or sent anywhere.
Notifications: for completion alerts and the optional connection notification, if you turn them on.
Foreground service (connected device): to keep watching your computers for completion alerts while the app is in the background, if you turn alerts on.
Vibration: for haptic feedback.
Photos and files: the app can only read an image or file you explicitly pick or share to it, using Android's system pickers and share sheet. It does not browse your storage.

The app does not read your contacts, messages, microphone or location.

What we do not do

No advertising, and no advertising or analytics SDKs.
No crash-reporting or usage-tracking service run by us.
No selling, sharing or renting of data. We have none to share.

Google Play may show us aggregate technical statistics about the app, such as installs and crash rates, through the Play Console. We do not receive them per person.

Demo mode

The Android app has a demo mode with two pretend computers that live inside the phone. It makes no network connections and sends nothing anywhere.

Your control and deleting data

Remove a computer in Settings → Connections to delete its pairing details from the phone. To revoke a phone's access, remove it in SUPER DESKTOP's Settings → Connections on the computer.
Uninstalling the Android app, or clearing its storage in Android settings, deletes everything the app keeps on the phone. Clearing storage restarts the free trial. After an uninstall, Android backup (if you have it on) restores the trial day count when you reinstall. Backup never includes your computers' pairing details. Restore purchase brings Pro back.
Because we hold no data about you, there is nothing to request from us or to erase on our side.

Children

SUPER DESKTOP is a developer tool and is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect information from anyone.

Changes

If this policy changes, the new version is published on this page with a new date. A change that affects what the app collects would also be described in the app's release notes.

Contact

Questions about privacy: please open an issue at github.com/gladimdim/super-desktop/issues.