Privacy Policy
No data collected. No telemetry. No exceptions.
Last updated: April 12, 2026
Spooktacular collects zero data. No analytics, no telemetry, no tracking, no crash reports. Everything runs locally on your Mac.
The short version
We collect nothing. Spooktacular is a local application that runs entirely on your Mac. It does not phone home, does not send telemetry, does not track usage, and does not collect crash reports. There are no analytics of any kind.
Data we collect
None. Specifically:
- No analytics: No Google Analytics, no Mixpanel, no Plausible, no any-other-analytics-service
- No telemetry: The application makes zero network requests to Spooky Labs servers
- No crash reports: Crashes stay on your machine. We do not collect crash logs
- No usage tracking: We do not know how many VMs you create, how often you use the app, or what you do with it
- No personal data: We do not collect names, emails, IP addresses, or any identifying information
- No cookies: This website does not set cookies
Network requests
Spooktacular makes the following network requests, all of which are user-initiated:
- IPSW downloads: When you run
spook create --from-ipsw latest, the app downloads a macOS restore image directly from Apple's servers (swscan.apple.com). This is between your Mac and Apple. We are not involved. - SSH connections: When you use SSH provisioning, the app connects from your Mac to the VM running on your Mac. This is local traffic.
- HTTP API: The
spook servecommand starts a local HTTP server on your Mac. It only listens on the interface you specify (default: localhost).
This website
This website (spooktacular.app) is a static site hosted on GitHub Pages. It does not set cookies, does not use analytics, does not track visitors, and does not collect any data. GitHub may collect server logs as part of their hosting service; see GitHub's privacy statement for details.
Open source verification
You don't have to take our word for any of this. Spooktacular is MIT licensed and fully open source. You can:
- Audit the entire codebase at github.com/Spooky-Labs/spooktacular
- Verify there are no analytics SDKs in
Package.swift - Monitor network traffic with
tcpdumpor Little Snitch - Build from source to ensure the binary matches the code
Third-party services
Spooktacular itself uses no third-party services. However:
- Apple Virtualization.framework: Spooktacular uses Apple's Virtualization framework. Apple's own privacy practices apply to macOS and the Virtualization framework.
- Homebrew: If you install via Homebrew, Homebrew's analytics policies apply to the installation process.
- GitHub: Source code and releases are hosted on GitHub. GitHub's privacy policy applies to their service.
Your VM data
All VM data (disk images, snapshots, configurations, IPSW files) is stored locally on your Mac at ~/.spooktacular/. We never access, read, copy, or transmit this data. You have full control over it. Delete the directory to remove everything.
Children's privacy
We do not collect data from anyone, including children.
Changes to this policy
If we ever change this policy (unlikely, since collecting zero data is pretty hard to regress from), we will update this page and note the date of the change.
Contact
Questions about this privacy policy? Open a GitHub Discussion.