Privacy

Poni has no accounts, no analytics and no tracking. Almost everything it shows is read on your Mac and stays there. This page lists the few times it goes online, and why.

Stays on your Mac

Your calendar events and reminders, read through macOS and never copied elsewhere.
Clipboard history, the Shelf, notes and timers, stored in Poni's own folder and settings.
The camera preview in Mirror. Nothing is recorded or saved.
Which apps use the camera or microphone: Poni only asks macOS whether they're on.
Your downloads folder, watched for progress only.
Claude Code and Codex usage, added up from their logs on your Mac.

Goes online, and only to

GitHub, once a day, to check for a Poni update and to load the plugin gallery.
Lemon Squeezy, when you activate a Poni Pro license and to check it now and then.
Open-Meteo for weather and place search, and Aladhan for prayer times, with the city you chose.
LRCLIB, with the song's title and artist, to find synced lyrics.
Exchange rate and crypto price services, when you install those plugins.
cursor.com, only if you turn on Cursor usage in AI Usage, using the Cursor login already on your Mac.

Over your own Wi-Fi

From phone in the Shelf runs a small server on your local network while it's open, with a one-time link. Files go from your phone to your Mac and nowhere else.

Plugins

Plugins from the gallery or written by you ask for each permission (internet, calendar, clipboard and so on) the first time they need it, and you can take it back any time in Settings.

Last updated November 2026. Questions? Open an issue on the release repository.