Updated November 15, 2026
Privacy policy
Muelle has no accounts, no analytics and no telemetry. It does not collect personal data and never sends anything to the Muelle project. It makes only the two kinds of requests below, and both can be turned off in Settings.
1. Update check
When you open Settings, it asks GitHub whether a newer version exists by downloading https://github.com/crafter-station/Muelle/releases/latest/download/latest.json. Nothing about you or your computer is sent with it; GitHub, like any website, sees your IP address and handles it under the GitHub privacy statement. If you choose to update, the installer is downloaded from the same GitHub releases page.
To turn it off: Settings → System → Check for updates automatically. You can still check by hand.
2. AI provider usage
The menu bar can show available plan limits for Claude Code, Codex, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, OpenCode Go, Gemini CLI, or Antigravity. It checks usage only while a supported client is running. Gemini Pro and Flash quotas are shown as separate model families when the provider supplies them.
- It reads the sign-in that each client already stores on your computer: Claude Code, Codex, VS Code or Copilot CLI, Cursor, OpenCode, Gemini CLI, or Antigravity. VS Code's GitHub session is decrypted locally with Windows DPAPI. Muelle does not save or change these credentials.
- With that sign-in it asks the corresponding provider for available limits every five minutes while the indicator is visible, or when you press Refresh: Anthropic, OpenAI, GitHub, Cursor, OpenCode, or Google. The sign-in only goes to its own provider. Antigravity usage is read from its authenticated local service on
127.0.0.1. Percentages and reset times stay in memory and are shown in the menu bar. - For Codex it may instead read the latest limits that Codex itself writes at the end of its session files (
.codex\sessions), without contacting anyone. It reads only those figures. - Each provider handles its requests under its own policy, including Anthropic privacy policy, OpenAI privacy policy, GitHub privacy statement, and Google privacy policy.
To turn it off: Settings → Menu bar → Show AI provider usage.
What stays on your computer
%APPDATA%\Muelle\config.json: your settings and the apps you pinned.%LOCALAPPDATA%\Muelle: a cache of app icons and names, so the dock starts fast.
To show what is on screen (open windows, their icons, network and volume status for the menu bar), Muelle asks Windows itself; none of it leaves your computer. Uninstalling removes the cache, and optionally your settings.
This website
The site is hosted on Vercel and uses no cookies, analytics or trackers. Vercel may keep standard server logs (such as IP addresses) under the Vercel privacy policy. Downloads come from GitHub Releases.