The short version: Cubby stores clipboard history locally on your Windows PC. It does not require an account and does not include telemetry, advertising, cloud sync, or network-backed AI features.
What Cubby stores
To provide clipboard history, Cubby records supported content you copy while it is running. That currently includes plain text, HTML, RTF, images, and file lists, along with useful context such as the source application, content type, timestamps, and whether an item is pinned.
History is stored in Cubby’s local application-data directory. Clipboard payloads are kept in a local SQLite database, and image data is kept in local application files.
What Cubby does not collect
- No Cubby account or sign-in is required.
- No clipboard content is sent to Cubby or SouthForge AI servers.
- No analytics or telemetry service receives your usage data.
- No advertising identifiers are created.
- No AI service receives or processes your clipboard content.
- No cloud clipboard sync is included.
Network access
The current early build is designed to operate locally. Future release infrastructure may use network access to check for app updates or open links you request. If that changes, this page will be updated before the behavior ships.
Sensitive information
Clipboard history can contain passwords, access tokens, personal messages, customer information, and other sensitive content. Cubby provides ignored-application controls so selected apps can be excluded from capture, but no exclusion system should be treated as a substitute for careful handling of secrets.
Local encryption: Cubby encrypts stored clipboard payloads and image data with AES-256-GCM. Its encryption key is protected by Windows for the current user. This protects copied content in Cubby’s application-data files at rest, but it cannot protect content from software running as you while Cubby is able to unlock your history.
Your controls
You can delete individual clips, clear unpinned history while preserving pinned clips, or use the confirmed clear-everything action. Uninstalling Cubby may not automatically remove every application-data file; those files can be removed manually if you want to erase all remaining local history.
Third-party services
The Cubby website may link to GitHub for source code, releases, and support. When you follow those links, GitHub’s own privacy terms apply. The Cubby desktop app does not send clipboard content to GitHub.
Changes to this policy
This policy will evolve as Cubby approaches a general release. Material changes will be reflected here and in the open-source repository.
Questions
For a privacy question or concern, open an issue on GitHub. Avoid including private clipboard content in a public issue.