Privacy policy

Last updated November 2, 2026

In short: Pelica runs on your own PC. There is no Pelica server, no account database, no ads, no analytics and no tracking. Your chats are stored on your computer. If you sign in with Google, Pelica syncs them through a hidden folder in your own Google Drive, and nobody else, including the people who make Pelica, can see them.

What Pelica stores on your PC

Your chats, projects, memories, saved prompts, settings and downloaded models are kept in files on your computer, in Pelica's folder under your Windows user profile. Sign-ins (to Google or to connectors) are kept encrypted with Windows' own protection for your user account. Uninstalling Pelica or deleting that folder removes them.

Signing in with Google

Signing in is optional. Pelica works fully without it. When you sign in, Pelica asks Google for:

Your name, email address and profile picture (the openid, email and profile permissions), to show who is signed in, in Pelica's sidebar and Settings → Account.
Its own app folder in your Google Drive (the drive.appdata permission). This is a hidden folder only Pelica can use. Pelica cannot see, open or change any of your other Drive files.

Pelica uses the app folder to sync, between the PCs you sign in on: your chats, projects, memories, saved prompts, your name and your custom instructions. Models, workspace folders, connectors and other settings stay on each PC. The data goes directly between your PC and Google; it never passes through a server run by Pelica.

Pelica's use and transfer of information received from Google APIs adheres to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements. Pelica does not sell this data, does not use it for advertising, does not use it to train AI models, and does not share it with anyone.

Removing your data from Google

Turn off sync, or sign out, in Pelica's Settings → Account. Signing out also cancels Pelica's access with Google.
You can cancel access any time at myaccount.google.com/permissions.
To delete the synced copy, open Google Drive on the web, go to Settings → Manage apps, find Pelica, and choose Delete hidden app data.

When Pelica uses the internet

The AI models run on your PC. Pelica only connects to other services when you use a feature that needs them:

Downloading models: Hugging Face, to list and download the model files you choose.
Updates: GitHub, to check for a new version of Pelica.
Web search: when a chat uses web search, the search words go to DuckDuckGo (or Bing), and pages the model opens are fetched from their websites.
Connectors: tools you add yourself talk to the services they belong to, under those services' own privacy policies.
Pelica on your phone: works over your own Wi-Fi (or Tailscale), with nothing sent over the internet.

Pelica does not collect usage statistics, crash reports or any other telemetry.

Children

Pelica is not directed at children under 13 and does not knowingly collect information from them.

Changes

If this policy changes, the new version will be posted on this page with a new date.

Contact

Questions about privacy: open an issue on Pelica's GitHub page.