Privacy

Short version.

Novelty Writer is a local-first desktop app. Your manuscript lives on your disk. We don't see it. We don't sync it to our servers. We don't train models on it.

What we collect

• Licensing: when you buy a license, Stripe handles the payment and sends us your email to deliver your license key. We retain your email + license record so you can reinstall later.
• Website: no analytics beacons, no tracking cookies, no retargeting. The marketing site is static HTML.

What we don't collect

• Your manuscript content
• AI prompts or responses (those go direct to your chosen provider using your API key)
• Usage telemetry from the desktop app
• Your location, device fingerprint, or browsing history

Third parties

• Stripe processes payments. They see your card info; we don't.
• GitHub (optional) hosts your manuscript if you enable cross-device sync. GitHub's privacy policy applies.
• OpenRouter / Google / Voyage (optional) receive AI requests you initiate, using API keys you supply.

Contact

Questions? hello@novelty.writing.

Last updated: April 2026.