Privacy

Last changed 13 October 2026

Short version: Tidegate keeps your data on your PC. Nobody else gets it, us included.

The app

Everything you save (hosts, passwords, keys, 2FA codes, notes, logs) stays in one encrypted file on your PC. There is no account and no cloud copy.
Tidegate only connects to servers you open, and to a folder you pick if you turn on sync.
There is no telemetry, no crash reporting and no analytics.
Update checks are off until you say yes. Then Tidegate asks api.tidegate.net for the newest version when it starts and every 2 minutes. The request holds no id, no version number and nothing about your hosts. You can turn it off any time under Settings, Updates.

It serves the newest releases for the app and for the download buttons here.
Like any server, it sees the IP address a request comes from. It uses it only in memory, to stop floods, and forgets it within a minute. The API keeps no access log and stores nothing about who asked.
It counts how many times each file of each version is downloaded, and nothing else: no time, no address, no browser, no id. The totals are public at api.tidegate.net/v1/stats and on the front page.

No cookies, no trackers, no fonts or scripts from other sites.
Your light or dark choice is kept in your own browser, nowhere else.
The page asks api.tidegate.net for the newest versions, so it can show version numbers, checksums and the list of changes. The request holds nothing about you.