Privacy
Last updated 8 November 2026
The short version
- Everything you paste or type into a tool is processed in your browser. It is never sent to us or anyone else.
- pipe sets no cookies and shows no cookie banner, because there is nothing to consent to.
- No analytics script runs on the site. We only look at the overall traffic numbers Cloudflare keeps as our host.
- Your theme and tool options can be remembered in your own browser. You can turn that off or delete it below.
What you paste into the tools
Every tool runs as JavaScript on your device. JSON, tokens, passwords, files you hash, Wi-Fi details for QR codes and everything else you enter stay in the page and disappear when you close it. There is no server-side processing, no upload, and no logging of tool input.
Visit statistics
There is no analytics script on the site, and nothing in the pages reports what you do. To see how much the site is used, we look at the aggregate traffic statistics Cloudflare keeps as our host: the number of requests and visitors, countries and response codes. They contain nothing you enter into the tools, and we don’t use them to identify anyone.
We rely on our legitimate interest in understanding how the site is used (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR). Cloudflare acts as our processor; see the Cloudflare privacy policy.
Hosting
The site is served by Cloudflare. Like any web server, Cloudflare processes your IP address and request details to deliver pages and protect the site from abuse, and may keep short-lived security logs. All fonts and scripts are served from our own domain, and the pages make no requests to other sites.
Cookies and browser storage
pipe does not use cookies. It uses your browser’s own storage only for features you use, and nothing in it is sent anywhere. To work offline, it also keeps a copy of its own pages and files in your browser’s cache storage:
| Key | Where | Why |
|---|---|---|
pipe:theme | localStorage | Whether you picked the light or dark theme. |
pipe:pref:… | localStorage | Tool options you changed, such as indentation, SQL dialect, password length or your list of time zones. |
pipe:remember | localStorage | Set only if you turn off remembering tool options. |
pipe-… | Cache storage | Copies of pipe’s own pages and files so the tools work offline. Contains nothing you typed. |
pipe:handoff | sessionStorage | Carries a value you pasted into the search or the home page to the tool you open. Deleted as soon as the tool reads it. |
Your controls
If you email us
When you write to us, we receive your email address and whatever you put in the message. We use it only to reply and to fix the problem you reported, and delete it when it is no longer needed. Reports are sent from your own mail app; the site itself never sees them.
Your rights
Under the GDPR you can ask for access to, correction or deletion of personal data about you, object to its processing, and lodge a complaint with a data protection authority, such as the President of the Personal Data Protection Office (UODO), Poland. In practice we hold no data that identifies you, but we will answer any request.
Who runs pipe
pipe (https://usepipe.dev) is run by Pincho, who is the controller for the processing described here. Questions about privacy:privacy (at) usepipe (dot) dev.
Changes
If we change how pipe handles data, we will update this page and the date at the top.