Private by default.

1. What OpenBar stores

OpenBar keeps a small amount of data on your device so it can remember your preferences and recent work. All of it lives in a single file in your operating system's per-user application data folder, and none of it leaves your machine.

Screen captures and picked colors are produced on demand and held in memory or copied to your clipboard. You decide whether to copy them or save a file — OpenBar never transmits them anywhere.

2. What OpenBar never does

• It does not send your data to us or anyone else — there is no network egress at runtime.
• It does not include telemetry, analytics, crash reporting, or usage tracking.
• It does not require — or offer — an account, login, or subscription.
• It does not sell, rent, or share your clipboard contents, screenshots, or color samples.
• It does not run in the background harvesting data; tools act only when you invoke them.

The only time OpenBar reaches the internet is when you click the website link in Settings, which simply opens that page in your normal browser.

3. Permissions, and why they're needed

OpenBar uses a few operating-system capabilities to do its job. Each is used solely to provide a feature on your device:

• Screen capture — powers the capture tool, the color picker, and the measure overlays. Captured images stay local.
• Clipboard access — lets tools copy results out and lets clipboard history track what you copy. This data never leaves the machine, and history can be disabled or capped in Settings.
• Saving files — only ever happens through a standard "Save as" dialog, to a location you choose. OpenBar never writes files to arbitrary paths on its own.
• Launch at startup — an optional convenience you control with a single switch in Settings.

4. Built to be safe

OpenBar is engineered with defense-in-depth so that even the app's own interface can't reach beyond what it needs:

• The user interface runs in an OS sandbox, fully isolated from system internals, and talks to privileged operations only through a small, explicit, audited bridge.
• A strict Content Security Policy blocks remote or injected scripts; the app loads only its own local code.
• Navigation is locked down — the app can't be redirected to an external site, and outbound links are limited to opening https pages in your system browser.
• Clipboard, color, and measurement values are rendered as plain, escaped text — never as executable markup.

5. Open-source components

OpenBar is built on well-established open-source technology, including Electron and React, each used under its own license. These components run locally as part of the app and do not change how your data is handled: everything described on this page still applies.

6. You're in control

Your data is yours to manage at any time, directly inside the app:

• Turn clipboard history off entirely, or cap it to as few as 5 items.
• Clear all stored data with one button to reset settings and wipe clipboard & color history.
• Uninstall OpenBar like any Windows app whenever you wish; clear your data first if you want nothing left behind.

7. Changes to this page

If OpenBar's data practices ever change, we'll update this page and revise the "last updated" date above. Our commitment to keeping OpenBar local-first and private by default is core to the product.

8. Contact

Questions about trust, privacy, or security? We'd like to hear from you.

CTRL Colab
Website: https://www.ctrlcolab.com/