Privacy Policy

Hosts Editor ("the App") is a desktop application for safely editing the macOS system hosts file. The developer, choiheesik ("the Developer"), takes your privacy seriously, and this policy explains exactly how the App handles your information.

1.Personal information collected

The App collects no personal information. It does not collect or request your name, email address, account details, location, device identifiers, or anything else that could identify you. There is no sign-up and no login.

2.Usage data and analytics

The App does not collect or transmit usage records, statistics, analytics, diagnostics, or crash reports. It contains no advertising or tracking technology and no third-party analytics SDK.

3.Handling of the file you edit

The App lets you edit the hosts file you select and its contents. For that, the following is guaranteed:

• The contents of the hosts file are read and written only on your Mac, and are never transmitted anywhere.
• The rolling backup created on each save is written next to the original file, on your device only.
• The Developer has no access to the contents of the file you edit and does not collect it.

4.Information stored on your device

To provide its features, the App stores the following only on your Mac, inside its own application data folder. None of it is sent to the Developer or any third party, and it is removed when you delete the App.

• Save history — up to 100 copies of the hosts file as it was at each save, so an earlier version can be restored.
• Project templates — the host mappings you group together, and the names you give them.
• App settings — your chosen theme, language, and whether global shortcuts are enabled and on which modifier keys.

5.File access and folder scanning

The App uses only the file access you grant yourself in a file dialog in order to edit the hosts file. That access is used solely to edit the file you designated, locally; it is not used for any other purpose and is not shared with anyone.

In addition, when — and only when — you select a project folder yourself, the App reads configuration files in it (such as .env and dev server config files) to propose host names. In that case:

• The scan runs only when you select a folder. It never runs on its own.
• The scan only reads; it modifies no file.
• What it reads is used solely to display a list of candidates on screen. It is not transmitted anywhere and is not stored separately. You choose which entries are actually added.

6.Exporting and importing templates

You can export your project templates to a file and import a file you received. Both are local file operations at the location you pick in a file dialog; no server of the Developer's and no external service is involved. Who you share such a file with, and how, is entirely your decision.

7.Notifications

When a global shortcut turns a project on or off, the App can report the result as a macOS notification. These are local notifications generated on your Mac: no push server is used, and no device identifier or user information is transmitted. You can revoke notification permission at any time in macOS System Settings.

8.Sharing with third parties

Because the App collects no personal information, there is no personal information to provide, sell, or share with any third party.

9.Network communication

Every feature of the App — editing, validation, backups, save history, project templates, folder scanning, export and import, themes — works offline. The App makes no network requests and transmits no user data to any server.

10.Children's privacy

Because the App collects no personal information, it collects none from any user, including children.

11.Changes to this policy

This policy may be revised as the law or the App's features change. Significant changes will be announced on this page, and a revised policy takes effect when it is posted here.

12.Contact

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or how your information is handled, please email us.

📧 dhmkchs@gmail.com