Shotlight collects nothing.
Short version: the app never goes online, and this website doesn’t track you. Here are the details.
Last updated 13 November 2026
The app
- No account, no analytics, no crash reports, no update checks. Shotlight has no networking code at all. Every release is checked for network APIs before it’s published.
- Your data stays on your Mac. Your screenshots, the text read from them and the search index stay in
~/Library/Application Support/Shotlight. Settings are stored in the usual macOS preferences file. - Naming happens on-device. Shotlight reads screenshots with Apple Vision and, where available, Apple Intelligence. Both run on your Mac. Nothing is uploaded, and there’s no model to download.
- Secrets stay out. When a screenshot contains something like a password, API key, card number or one-time code, Shotlight keeps it out of the file name and the search index.
- Only the folders you pick. Shotlight reads your screenshot folder and any folders you add, and nothing else. It doesn’t need Screen Recording or Accessibility permission.
To remove everything Shotlight stored, quit it and delete ~/Library/Application Support/Shotlight.
This website
- No cookies, no analytics, no third-party scripts, fonts or embeds. Everything on this site, including the fonts, is served from this site.
- Hosting. The site is hosted on Vercel. Like any web host, Vercel may keep server logs (such as IP addresses) for security and operations. See Vercel’s privacy policy.
- Downloads. The app is downloaded from GitHub Releases, and bug reports go to GitHub Issues, so GitHub’s privacy statement applies there.
Contact
Questions about privacy? Open an issue on GitHub, or browse existing ones. Issues are public, so don’t include anything personal.