Data and privacy
Assistant has no account and no cloud. Everything is stored on your computer.
Where your data is#
Settings → About → Local Data shows the paths. One database file holds your conversations, messages, settings, personas, recipes, memory, automations and sessions. The models folder holds the model files. Logs are next to them.
| OS | App data |
|---|---|
| Linux | ~/.local/share/cgeosoft.assistant.desktop/ |
| macOS | ~/Library/Application Support/cgeosoft.assistant.desktop/ |
| Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\cgeosoft.assistant.desktop\ |
Back up this folder to keep everything. Copy it to another computer to move.
What leaves your computer#
| When | What | To whom |
|---|---|---|
| Every hour and at start | A request for the model catalogue | assistant.cgeosoft.com |
| At start and every hour, while the update check is on | A request for the latest version | assistant.cgeosoft.com |
| When you download a model or the CUDA build | The download request | Hugging Face, GitHub |
| When a chat uses a cloud engine | The conversation | That provider |
| When the model calls a tool | The page address, search words, place name or coin symbol | The site, your SearXNG instance, OpenWeatherMap, Binance |
| When you report an issue | The e-mail you send, with the log when you attach it | Support, through your e-mail application |
Nothing else. With the built-in runner and no cloud engine, a conversation never leaves your computer. Switch the update check off under Settings → About.
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Export and import#
- One conversation: File → Export as Markdown or JSON. The JSON can be imported again.
- Everything: Settings → General → Data → Export writes one JSON file with your settings, personas, recipes, conversations and memory. Import reads such a file into this install: conversations, personas and recipes come across; memory is collected again from the messages.
- Delete: Settings → General → Data deletes conversations in bulk. Chat → Delete Conversation removes one, with its memory facts.
Keys and passwords#
The API keys of cloud engines and tools stay in the local database. They are sent only to the service they belong to and never appear in logs. The app-lock PIN is stored as a hash.