Mike is an assistant that runs on your computer. This policy explains, in plain language, what Mike keeps, where it keeps it, and the few times it uses the internet. It is written to match what the app actually does.
The short version
- Mike thinks on your computer — unless you turn on Fast mode. In its standard setup, your conversations, files, screen and voice are processed by software running on your own machine — not on our servers. If you connect Fast mode, your messages and voice commands are processed on your own Cloudflare account instead (see "Fast mode" below). Screenshots always stay on your computer.
- We don't collect your data. There are no analytics, no telemetry, no advertising, and no automatic crash reporting. Huddlecode does not receive your conversations, files, voice or usage.
- An account is optional, and only about who you are. If you create a Mike account, it holds your email, your name and, if you add one, your photo — never your conversations, memory, files or activity.
- Mike uses the internet only for specific things you'll recognise — downloading its models, checking for updates, searches and websites you ask for, your account if you sign in, and email if you connect Gmail. Each is listed below.
- You're in control. You can see, export and delete everything Mike keeps, and turn off any ability in Settings → Permissions.
What Mike keeps on your computer
Mike stores the following in its data folder on your computer (%LOCALAPPDATA%\Mike), protected by your Windows user account:
| What | Why | How to remove it |
|---|---|---|
| Chats — what you and Mike said | So you can reopen and continue them | Delete a chat from the sidebar, or Settings → Privacy → Delete all chats |
| Memory — facts you asked Mike to remember | So Mike can use them later | Settings → Memory, or Forget all |
| Activity — what Mike did (files written, apps opened, commands run) | So you can always see what Mike did | Settings → Privacy → Clear activity history |
| Preferences — your name, theme, voice and other settings | To remember your choices | Settings → Privacy → Reset Mike |
| Logs — technical records of what Mike did, which can include parts of your requests, file names and commands | To diagnose problems | Kept to a few MB and replaced automatically; erased by Reset Mike |
| Text read from scans and photos — when you ask Mike to read a scanned PDF or a photo of notes, the words Windows' text reader found | So a scan is only read once | Erased by Reset Mike. Never leaves your computer |
| Your last voice recording — a temporary file of the last thing you said by voice | To turn your speech into text | Overwritten by the next recording; erased by Reset Mike |
| Your Fast mode connection, if you connect it — a Cloudflare sign-in token, and your Cloudflare account's ID and name | To use your Cloudflare account for Fast mode | Settings → Speed → Disconnect, or Reset Mike. On Windows it's encrypted so only your Windows user can read it |
| Your sign-in, if you have an account — a session token, and a copy of your name, email and photo so Mike can show them offline | To keep you signed in | Settings → Account → Sign out, or Reset Mike. On Windows the session is encrypted so only your Windows user can read it |
Files you attach to a message stay where they are; Mike reads them but keeps only their name in the chat.
Microphone, screen and your computer
- Microphone. Mike listens when you press the mic button or F6, and stops when you pause. If you turn on "Hey Mike", Mike listens continuously for that phrase — the listening and recognition happen entirely on your computer, and nothing is recorded or sent anywhere while it waits. With Fast mode on, what you say to Mike (not the listening for "Hey Mike") is sent to your Cloudflare account to be turned into text.
- Screen. Mike looks at your screen only when you ask it to (for example, "what's on my screen?") or when a task you asked for needs it. The image is analysed on your computer.
- Using your apps and files. When you ask, Mike can open apps, click, type, and read or change files. Anything that can't be quietly undone — deleting, overwriting, sending — is shown to you first and only happens if you approve. You can turn any of these abilities off in Settings → Permissions.
When Mike uses the internet
Mike connects to the internet only in these situations:
- Downloading its brain and voice. The first time it's needed, Ollama downloads Mike's language model from Ollama's model library, and Mike downloads its speech-recognition model from Hugging Face. As with any download, those services see your IP address and which model was requested. Your conversations are not sent.
- Searches and websites you ask for. When you ask Mike to search the web, your search words are sent to the search provider (Microsoft Bing, and Google News for news) to fetch results. Websites Mike opens for you load in your browser as normal. Those services' own privacy policies apply. You can turn this off in Settings → Permissions → Use the web.
- Gmail, only if you connect it. If you connect your Google account, Mike uses Google's Gmail service to send email you've approved and to read your inbox when you ask. Mike asks Google only for permission to read and send email. The sign-in token is stored on your computer. You can disconnect Mike at any time from your Google Account's security settings. Google's privacy policy applies to data sent to Google.
- Your Mike account, if you have one. While you're signed in, Mike contacts our account service (run on Supabase) to keep you signed in and to sync your name and photo. Nothing else is sent. See "Your Mike account" below.
- Checks you ask for. Developer tools such as "check this URL" contact the address you give.
- Checking for updates. A few seconds after it starts and then twice a day, the installed Mike asks GitHub (where Mike is published) whether a newer version exists. GitHub sees your IP address and the version of Mike you have — nothing about you or what you do with Mike. A new version is downloaded from GitHub only when you choose Update now, and it's checked against the published file before it's installed. Turn the check off in Settings → General → Check for updates.
- Fast mode, only if you connect it. Mike sends your conversation — your messages, Mike's replies, and what Mike's steps find (for example the contents of files it reads for a task you gave it) — and your voice commands to Cloudflare Workers AI, on the Cloudflare account you connected. Cloudflare runs the AI model and sends the answer back. Screenshots and images are never sent. Huddlecode doesn't receive any of it; Cloudflare's privacy policy applies to data sent to Cloudflare. Mike asks Cloudflare only for permission to use Workers AI and read your account's name. Turn Fast mode off or disconnect it in Settings → Speed; you can also remove Mike's access from your Cloudflare dashboard.
Cloud AI is used only if you turn on Fast mode. Mike ships configured to use a model running on your own computer. With Fast mode connected, your own Cloudflare account runs it instead, as described above. The software can also be reconfigured by a developer to use another online AI service; if it is, your conversations are sent to that service under its terms.
Your Mike account (optional)
You can use every part of Mike without an account. If you create one (Settings → Account), this is what it involves:
- What it holds: your email address, your password (stored only as a secure hash — nobody, including us, can read it), the name Mike calls you, and your photo if you add one. If you sign in with Google, Google shares your name, email address and profile picture link with us.
- What it never holds: your conversations, memory, files, activity, "about you" notes, voice or screen. These stay on your computer whether or not you're signed in.
- Who stores it: accounts are run on Supabase (supabase.com), which stores the account on our behalf and processes it only to provide the service. Like most online services, it keeps short-lived security logs of sign-ins, including IP addresses, to prevent abuse.
- Emails: we email you only to confirm your address, send sign-in and password-reset codes, and confirm an email change — never marketing.
- Who can see it: only you. Each account can read and change only its own profile and photo; your photo is not public.
- Deleting it: Settings → Account → Delete account permanently deletes your account, profile and photo straight away. Signing out removes your sign-in from this computer and ends that session.
What we collect
Nothing, automatically. Huddlecode has no servers that receive your conversations or usage from Mike. The only information we hold about you is your Mike account, if you choose to create one (see above).
If you choose Settings → About → Report a problem, Mike creates a file on your computer containing technical information (version, system details, settings, and Mike's logs, which can include parts of your requests). You can look inside it before deciding whether to send it to us. We use a report you send only to fix the problem you reported, and delete it when we're done.
Your choices
- See and delete: chats (sidebar), memory, and activity (Settings).
- Your account: change your name, photo, email or password, sign out, or delete the account in Settings → Account.
- Export: Settings → Privacy → Export my data saves everything Mike keeps as readable files.
- Erase everything: Settings → Privacy → Reset Mike.
- Limit what Mike can do: Settings → Permissions.
- Uninstall: removing Mike removes the app; you can also delete its data folder shown above.
Children
Mike is intended for people aged 13 and over. People under 18 should use Mike with the permission of a parent or guardian.
This website and the browser preview
This section is about huddlecode.com, not the Mike app.
- Hosting. The website is served by Cloudflare. Like any web host, it processes standard request information (such as your IP address and browser) to deliver pages and protect the site from abuse.
- No tracking. The website uses no cookies, no analytics and no advertising.
- The browser preview ("Try Mike"). Unlike the desktop app, the preview runs on a cloud AI model. When you send a message there, the conversation is sent to a hosted AI service to generate Mike's reply: Cloudflare Workers AI first, with NVIDIA's hosted models as a backup. That provider's own terms and privacy policy apply to it. We don't store preview conversations: they're kept only in your browser tab and disappear when you close it. Your IP address is used, briefly, to limit how many messages can be sent each minute. Please don't enter anything sensitive in the preview.
- Files you attach in the preview. Reading a PDF, photo or text file runs on your own Cloudflare account, which you connect with Cloudflare's sign-in (the same way Fast mode works in the desktop app). Your browser reads the file — a PDF's text, or a photo made smaller — and sends it with your message through huddlecode.com to Cloudflare Workers AI on your account, because Cloudflare doesn't accept those requests from a web page directly. We don't keep the file, what's read from it, or your Cloudflare access: the connection is kept only in that browser tab. Once you're connected, the rest of that conversation also runs on your account. Cloudflare's own terms and privacy policy apply to what's sent to it. Disconnect with the "Your Cloudflare" button, or remove Mike's access from your Cloudflare dashboard.
Changes to this policy
If we change this policy in a way that matters, Mike will show you the new version and ask you to accept it before you continue.
Contact
Questions about privacy: visit https://huddlecode.com