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+
+ Privacy Policy
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+
+ Pengine is a{" "}
+ desktop app that
+ runs an agent loop on your machine. There is no Pengine-hosted account or
+ cloud database for your chats: ordinary use keeps configuration and skills on
+ your device, while the bot and tools you enable determine what leaves it.
+
+
+
+
+ Analytics and telemetry
+
+
+ The app does not include first-party analytics or behavioral tracking, and it
+ does not phone home to a Pengine telemetry service. The dashboard may{" "}
+
+ check GitHub’s public API
+ {" "}
+ for new releases (version metadata only), which is subject to GitHub’s own
+ policies and your network path.
+
+
+
+
+ What stays on your device
+
+
+ Pengine stores app data under your OS app-data location: connection metadata,
+ skills, MCP configuration, and UI-related settings files. Sensitive values
+ such as your{" "}
+ Telegram bot token{" "}
+ and MCP secrets you configure are kept in the{" "}
+
+ platform secure store
+ {" "}
+ (for example Keychain on macOS), not in a Pengine cloud.
+
+
+
+
+ Network, Telegram, and inference
+
+
+ When your bot is connected, message traffic uses{" "}
+ Telegram’s services{" "}
+ per Telegram’s terms. The app sends prompts and tool activity to{" "}
+
+ Ollama (or another endpoint you configure)
+
+ — typically on your LAN or localhost, but cloud or remote models are possible
+ if you point the stack there. Any{" "}
+
+ MCP servers, containers, or custom tools
+ {" "}
+ you add can read or forward data according to their own configuration; treat
+ them like any other software you install.
+
+
+
+
+ Responsibility
+
+
+ You choose the bot, models, skills, and tools. This policy describes how
+ Pengine is designed to run locally; it does not replace Telegram’s, your host
+ OS’s, or your inference provider’s policies. For exact storage and startup
+ behavior, see the project documentation in the repository.
+
+
+