Pagewing Privacy Policy
Last updated: August 1, 2026
Privacy summary
Pagewing is a local-first Markdown reader and editor for macOS. Pagewing 1.0 does not require an account and does not include advertising, analytics, behavioral telemetry, or a bundled image-hosting service.
Data stored on your Mac
Pagewing reads and writes only the documents and folders you choose to open, plus local application data needed to operate. That data may include preferences, recent-item state, window and session state, custom themes, and crash-recovery buffers.
Documents remain ordinary files under your control. Moving an item to Trash requires confirmation and uses the macOS Trash.
Network access
Pagewing does not upload document contents to a Pagewing service. Network requests can occur when:
- A document contains a remote image or other remote resource that must be displayed.
- A PlantUML block is rendered. The encoded diagram source is sent to the PlantUML server configured under Settings → Markdown → Diagrams. The default is
https://www.plantuml.com/plantuml. - You explicitly choose Pagewing → Check for Updates. Pagewing contacts its configured GitHub Releases feed and asks before downloading an update.
- You open an external link or use a macOS, browser, or third-party feature outside Pagewing.
Remote servers receive the request URL and ordinary network metadata such as your IP address. Do not put secrets in remote-resource URLs or PlantUML blocks unless you trust the configured server.
Diagnostics and recovery
Automatic crash-report uploading is disabled. Diagnostic and recovery information remains local unless you choose to share it when reporting a problem.
Retention and removal
- Document deletion, recovery, and emptying the Trash are controlled by macOS.
- Preferences, recent items, and recovery data remain in Pagewing's local application-data container.
- After quitting and uninstalling Pagewing, you can delete its local application-data container to remove remaining settings and recovery data.
Children's privacy
Pagewing does not knowingly collect personal information from children.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy as Pagewing changes. The date at the top of this page identifies the latest version.
Contact
Pagewing is developed and copyrighted by huagx. For privacy questions, email huag9998@gmail.com or visit Pagewing Issues.