Privacy Principles

This page explains the main privacy decisions behind Fluent.

No Authentication

Fluent does not have any authentication by design. There is no need in your Email or any similar idenfitier.

No Telemetry

Fluent does not collect personal data or telemetry.

API Keys

Cloud provider API keys are stored locally in the macOS Keychain.

Model Traffic

If you use a cloud model, the encrypted request goes to that provider under your own API key account. If you use a local model, provider or Apple Intelligence, the request stays on-device.

History

History is stored locally and encrypted on disk.

You can:

• Disable History entirely
• Set automatic cleanup by age
• Clean it manually
• Export and import it

Use Settings → History for these controls.

Memory

Memory is also local.

Fluent does not duplicate your original source files into a separate hidden document store. It keeps local indexing data so retrieval can work, and it uses the original files and notes as the source material.

Memory is not intended to be an encrypted secret store. Use it for reusable knowledge, not for information that should never be part of retrieval.

Images

Images generated by Fluent are stored locally non-encrypted. Though currently image generation is only supported with Google provider.