Your app list stays local. omastart has no accounts, telemetry, advertising, or cloud backend. The website demo uses example data and cannot read or change your desktop configuration.
01About this policy
omastart is an independent open-source project maintained by pablousx. This policy covers the unmodified omastart desktop plugin and this project website. It does not cover modified versions or the separate practices of your operating system, installed applications, or website host.
02What the plugin uses
The plugin processes information on your computer to show and manage startup applications:
- Application metadata: names, icons, desktop entries, executable commands, and paths identify applications and populate the app picker.
- Startup configuration: supported Hyprland statements, XDG autostart entries, and user systemd unit information determine startup status and available changes.
- Service metadata: the local user service manager supplies enablement and available running-state information.
- Recovery records: original file contents, file modes, symlink targets, and transaction metadata allow supported changes to be undone or recovered.
omastart does not transmit this information to the maintainer or a remote service. It does not execute startup commands while scanning them. Applications you configure may have their own network activity when they run; their privacy practices are separate.
03Local storage & retention
Startup preferences remain in your user configuration. Records
that hide removed, disabled entries are stored under
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/omastart/removed, normally
~/.config/omastart/removed. These records also
persist after uninstalling the plugin. Recovery
records are stored under
$XDG_STATE_HOME/omastart/transactions, normally
~/.local/state/omastart/transactions. Installation
backups are stored under
~/.config/omarchy/omastart-install-backups/.
Recovery records can contain private commands, arguments, and paths. They use private file permissions; encoded file contents are not encryption. The plugin does not automatically upload them or apply a timed retention policy.
Startup settings and backups persist after uninstalling the plugin. You control their retention. Resolve interrupted changes and restore any settings you need before deleting recovery records; removing a backup removes that recovery option. The maintainer cannot retrieve or delete local data remotely.
04This website
This is a static website designed for GitHub Pages. It has no analytics, advertising, sign-in, forms, remote fonts, or embedded third-party media. It does not set application cookies or connect to the desktop plugin.
If you change the color theme, the website saves
omastart-theme in your browser’s local storage.
This preference is not sent to the maintainer and remains until
you clear site data. The website still works when storage or
JavaScript is unavailable. Demo switches and filters stay in
page memory and reset on reload. The Copy button writes only the
displayed installation command to your clipboard when you press
it.
When hosted on GitHub Pages, GitHub may process request and connection information such as IP addresses for hosting and security under the GitHub Privacy Statement. Links to other websites are subject to those services’ own policies.
06Policy changes
Updates will be published on this page with a revised effective date. Check this policy when updating the plugin or website. The source distribution includes the current project documentation, and future changes should be assessed against the version you use.