Privacy

Zeku is a desktop app that edits files on your computer. Your writing stays on your computer and in your own git repository. We never see it.

The app

Zeku does not include analytics, crash reporting, or usage tracking. It talks to the internet in a few specific cases, each of which you can see coming:

• Update checks. Zeku asks our release server whether a newer version exists. The request carries the version you are running and a hashed machine identifier.
• Trial start. On first launch Zeku sends the hashed machine identifier once, so the trial's start date is recorded and a reinstall does not restart it.
• License activation. Activating a license sends your license key, the version, and the same hashed machine identifier, so a license can be tied to the computers it is used on. After that, Zeku checks in about once a week and keeps working offline in between.
• Stock photo search. If you search Unsplash, Pexels, or Pixabay from inside Zeku, the search goes straight from your computer to that service, using the API key you provided. Their privacy policies apply to those requests.
• Things your project does. Site preview runs your project's own astro dev, and Publish runs your own git. Whatever those tools send, they send on your behalf and not to us.

The hashed machine identifier is derived from your computer in a way that cannot be reversed to reveal its name, its serial number, or who you are. It lets us count activations without knowing who you are.

Zeku keeps its own settings on your computer. Crash recovery copies of unsaved work are stored in the app's data folder, outside your repository, and never uploaded.

This website

zeku.dev uses no analytics, no advertising, and no tracking cookies. The only thing it stores in your browser is your light or dark theme choice, kept in local storage so the page remembers it.

The site is hosted on Netlify, which, like any web host, processes standard request data such as IP addresses to serve pages and protect against abuse. Fonts are served from zeku.dev itself, not from a third party.

Purchases

When checkout opens, payments will be handled by a merchant of record that acts as the seller and handles tax. It collects what it needs to take payment and issue a license, such as your name, email address, and billing country, under its own privacy policy. We receive your email address and order details so we can deliver and support your license.

Your choices

You can block Zeku's network access with a firewall and it will keep working for writing, previewing, and publishing; you will just not hear about updates. To ask what we hold about you, or to have it deleted, email hello@zeku.dev.

Changes

If this policy changes, the new version will be posted here with a new date. Changes that affect what the app sends will also be noted in the changelog.