Privacy Policy

Effective May 25, 2026

keybridge is a macOS 14+ menu-bar utility, distributed through the Mac App Store, that lets you save highlighted text — typically API keys, tokens, or passwords — directly into your Apple Keychain. This policy explains what keybridge does and does not do with your information. It is written by Zachary Amith, an individual developer who builds and maintains keybridge.

1. Our approach

keybridge is designed to do its job without ever sending your data anywhere. It runs entirely on your Mac. There is no account to create, no sign-in, and no cloud service operated by the developer. Because keybridge has no servers and makes no network requests, there is nothing for the developer to collect, log, or sell — and no place your secrets could be transmitted to.

2. Information we collect

None. keybridge does not collect, transmit, or store any personal data on the developer's behalf. Specifically, keybridge does not include analytics, crash reporting, telemetry, advertising identifiers, or third-party software development kits, and it does not make network connections on its own.

The only information keybridge handles is the content you explicitly choose to save: the secret text you send to it and the service name or account label you type. As described below, that content goes only into your local Apple Keychain — never to the developer.

3. How your secrets are stored

When you save a secret, keybridge writes it to your local Apple Keychain using Apple's Security framework. The secret itself, along with the service name or account label you type, is stored as a Keychain item scoped to keybridge's own private app access group. keybridge only reads and writes these Keychain items; it never copies them elsewhere or transmits them off your device.

Keybridge captures text in two ways, both initiated by you:

• Services menu: you highlight text in another app and choose keybridge's "Save Secret to Keychain" Service. The selected text is passed to keybridge by macOS so it can populate the save panel.
• Clipboard capture: when you trigger clipboard capture, keybridge reads the current contents of your clipboard so it can populate the save panel. This data stays on-device and is used only to fill in the panel.

In both cases, nothing is saved to the Keychain until you confirm.

4. iCloud Keychain (optional)

keybridge offers an optional "Sync to iCloud Keychain" setting. If you turn it on, the affected Keychain items are synced across your own Apple devices through Apple's iCloud Keychain. This syncing is performed by Apple, is end-to-end encrypted, and is governed by Apple's privacy policy — not by the developer. The developer has no access to data synced through iCloud Keychain. You can review Apple's practices in Apple's Privacy Policy. If you leave this setting off, your secrets remain local to the device on which you saved them.

5. Permissions and device access

keybridge registers a macOS System Service and uses global keyboard shortcuts (via Carbon's RegisterEventHotKey) to let you trigger it from anywhere. It does not request Accessibility, camera, microphone, location, contacts, or photo access. keybridge does not read other apps' content, except for the specific text you explicitly send to it through the Services menu or the clipboard capture you initiate.

6. Third parties

keybridge does not share data with any third parties, because it does not collect or transmit data in the first place. The app contains no third-party analytics, advertising, or tracking SDKs.

The one exception is unrelated to the app itself: when you download keybridge from the Mac App Store, Apple may collect information in accordance with Apple's own policies. That activity is between you and Apple and is outside the developer's control.

7. Children's privacy

keybridge is a developer-oriented utility and is not directed at children under 13. The developer does not knowingly collect personal information from children — and, as noted throughout this policy, does not collect personal information from anyone.

8. Your control over your data

Your secrets live in your Apple Keychain, under your control. You can review and remove keybridge's saved items at any time through keybridge's built-in command palette (⌘⇧K). For items you synced through iCloud Keychain, you can also manage them from your Apple devices.

Please note that uninstalling keybridge does not automatically erase the Keychain items it created. If you want to remove your saved secrets, delete them from the command palette before uninstalling, or manage them through your devices for iCloud-synced items.

9. Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, the updated version will be posted on this page with a new effective date. Material changes will be reflected here; please check back periodically.

10. Contact

If you have questions about this policy or about privacy in keybridge, contact the developer, Zachary Amith, at [email protected].