Privacy Policy

Last updated: June 2026

Max is a native macOS app that runs entirely on your own Mac. There is no Max account, no Max server, and no analytics or telemetry. We don't collect, store, or transmit your data — because there is nothing on our side to send it to.

What stays on your Mac

• Your settings, your soul.md instructions, conversations, loop history, and logs are stored in ~/.max/ on your machine.
• API keys and channel tokens are stored encrypted in the macOS Keychain — never in plaintext, never uploaded.
• An action log of what Max did is kept locally so you can audit it.

What leaves your Mac

Only the requests you make to the AI provider you choose. When Max answers, it sends your messages — and, when relevant, file contents, screen captures, or command output — to the model provider whose API key you supplied (for example Anthropic or OpenAI), governed by that provider's privacy policy. If you use a local model via Ollama, nothing leaves your Mac at all.

If you connect a chat channel (iMessage, Telegram, Discord, Slack), messages travel through that service the same way any of your messages on it would, and only people on your allowlist can reach Max.

Your control

You can delete everything Max stores by removing the ~/.max/ folder and deleting the app. Keychain entries can be removed in Keychain Access.

Contact

Questions? Open an issue on GitHub.