Reclaim Our Data

Take the pledge

Take the Local-First Pledge.

If your software keeps its users’ data on their own machines, say so publicly, and put the badge on your site.

The Local-First Pledge, version 1.0

  • Data stays on the user’s device by default. Application data is stored in a local database or local files, not on our servers.
  • We do not sell, rent, trade, or share user data with third parties. There is no exception for “partners”, “affiliates”, or an acquirer.
  • We do not embed third-party analytics, advertising, or tracking SDKs.
  • Any feature that sends data off the device is disclosed plainly and is optional. Nothing is transmitted silently.
  • When a user deletes their data, it is deleted: locally, and anywhere we hold a copy.
  • If we ever stop meeting these commitments, we will say so and remove the badge.

What this is, and what it is not

This is a public promise, not an audit. We do not inspect your source code and we do not claim to. What we do is make the promise legible: your listing shows the exact wording you agreed to and the date you agreed to it.

A badge nobody can check would be worse than no badge at all, because it would let bad actors borrow the credibility of everyone else on the list. So the record is permanent. If a pledge is broken, we mark it revoked, with the date and the reason, and the listing stays up. Nobody gets to quietly disappear.

Anyone can report a violation: violations@reclaimourdata.org. We will contact you first and publish what we find.

Submit your software

Local-First Pledge

What happens to what you send us

  • We email you once to confirm. Nothing is published until you click that link.
  • Your app name, developer name, links, platforms and description become the public listing. That is the point.
  • Your email address does not. It stays in our database, on our server, and is used only to reach you about this listing.
  • Your logo is downloaded once and then served from our domain. We never point the directory at your server, because that would send every visitor’s IP address to you and to every other developer on the list.
  • You host the badge image yourself. It is never served from our domain, so we never see your visitors. We would be the tracker if we did.
  • Email privacy@reclaimourdata.org to correct or remove your listing. A voluntary withdrawal is recorded as withdrawn, not as a violation.
  • The whole of it is written down in the privacy policy.