Privacy for Offgrid Coder
Last updated: 10 November 2026 · prepared for the first version · applies to the iPad app and Offgrid Coder Companion for macOS
In short
Offgrid Coder does not collect, store or transmit any personal data to the provider or to third parties. There is no account, no analytics, no advertising and no tracking. Prompts and source code stay on your devices.
Controller
Andreas Zerfas, Am Steinchen 1, 56244 Leuterod, Germany. Email: info@zerfas.de.
Inputs and answers of the language model
Prompts, source code snippets and generated text are processed in the iPad's memory and are not logged. Requests from your Mac only reach the Mac you paired yourself with a pairing code and are not stored on the iPad.
Chats on the iPad
Conversations stay in memory only by default and end when the app is closed. Only if you turn on “Verlauf speichern” (save history) does the app keep them in a file in the app's storage – encrypted by the iPad's file protection, readable only while the device is unlocked and excluded from device backups. “Alle Chats löschen” (delete all chats) removes them.
Pairing, models, measurements
- Pairing data – a random device ID and a secret shared with your Mac – is kept in the keychain of both devices and only serves their connection.
- Model files are kept in the app's storage and excluded from device backups.
- Measurements and diagnostics (memory, temperature, battery, free storage, alerts) are only shown locally and used to protect the device. They contain none of your request content and are not sent to the provider.
Network connections
The app only connects to your paired Mac and does not communicate with the internet. The connection is encrypted.
The only exception: if you explicitly download a model from the catalog, the app fetches the model files from huggingface.co. Hugging Face then receives technically necessary connection data, for example your IP address. The Hugging Face privacy policy applies. If you do not want that, import models from your Mac by cable.
Offgrid Coder Companion for macOS
The Companion accepts requests from your developer tools only on your own machine (127.0.0.1) and passes them on to your paired iPad. It stores no request content and sends nothing to the provider. The backup of your previous Continue configuration is kept locally in your user folder.
Permissions
The iPad app asks for access to the local network in order to offer the connection to your paired Mac. Camera, microphone, location, contacts and photos are not used.
Your rights
As the provider processes no personal data from the app, he holds no data to which rights of access, rectification or erasure could apply. You can delete all local data at any time by removing the app. For this website the privacy policy of zerfas.de (German) applies.