Glaze Privacy & Data
Glaze is local-first: the apps you build run on your Mac, and your work stays on your Mac. To build those apps, the agent does send your prompts and project to AI model providers.
What Stays on Your Mac
Your apps, their data, your project files, and your chat history with the agent all stay on your Mac, in your user Library. Your apps and their code live as files on disk, and your chat history lives in a local database. None of it leaves your Mac on its own.
Because your projects live on your Mac, the agent acts on it directly: it can create, edit, and delete files and run code with the access you grant. Some actions are irreversible and aren't guaranteed to be recoverable, so keep your own backups of anything important and review actions before approving them. See Approvals.
What Glaze Sends to Build Your App
When the agent works, it sends the context it needs (your prompt, the app's description and code, and any images or files you attach) to the Glaze AI service, which passes them to the model providers to generate a response. The provider's API key stays on Glaze servers; it's never stored on your device.
Glaze doesn't use your prompts or content to train or tune its AI models. Your inputs aren't kept once a response is generated, with two exceptions: files you upload that an app needs to run are stored so it keeps working, and feedback or issue reports you send can include your session context, like your conversation history, memory files, and app logs, to help diagnose the problem.
Whatever apps you build are yours. All outputs, applications, code, and binaries you generate with Glaze belong to you.
Don't put sensitive, confidential, or regulated data into your prompts or apps unless you have the rights to do so and it complies with the Glaze Terms of Service.
Sharing & Storage
Glaze shares your data only with the vetted service providers it relies on to run, like the AI model providers, cloud hosting, and Stripe, which processes payments so Glaze never sees or stores your full card details. Each provider is bound by a contract that limits it to working on Glaze's behalf. Your personal data is stored primarily on servers in the United States, with safeguards in place whenever it's transferred across borders. Glaze doesn't sell your data or use it for ad targeting.
Connections & Secrets
When you connect an outside service like GitHub, Linear, or Slack, the access token is stored encrypted on your Mac, protected by the Keychain, rather than in plain text. You can review or revoke connections any time. See Managing Connections.
Analytics & Improvement
To improve Glaze, the team may use anonymized and aggregated interaction data, as described in the Privacy Policy. Product analytics are anonymized, and sensitive content, like your prompts and messages, is stripped out before anything is sent. For analytics, Glaze also keeps a short, model-generated summary of your prompts linked to your account.
For the complete picture, including data retention and security, see the Glaze Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, or reach out at privacy@glaze.app.