Privacy Policy
Hush is a macOS menu bar app made by Rahul Prabhakar, an individual developer. This policy explains what Hush does with your information. The short version: Hush does not collect, store remotely, or share any data about you.
What Hush collects
Nothing. Hush has no accounts, no analytics, no telemetry, no crash reporting, no advertising, and no third-party services or SDKs. It does not use your microphone, camera, location, contacts, or files.
Network access
Hush makes no network connections. The Mac App Store version runs in Apple's App Sandbox without network permission, so it cannot connect to the internet. All sound is generated in real time on your Mac with signal processing. Hush contains no audio files and downloads none.
What stays on your Mac
Hush remembers three preferences so it can restore them the next time you open it:
- the last noise type you chose (Brown or Speech Blocker)
- your volume level
- your light or dark appearance choice
These are saved with macOS's standard preferences system in Hush's own sandboxed container on your Mac (under ~/Library/Containers/com.rahulprabhakar.hush/; the version downloaded outside the App Store stores them in ~/Library/Preferences/com.rahulprabhakar.hush.plist). They never leave your Mac, and the developer cannot see them. Deleting Hush and its container removes them.
Sharing
Because Hush collects no data, there is nothing to share, sell, or transfer to anyone.
Children
Hush collects no personal information from anyone, including children under 13 or under the age of digital consent where you live.
Where you download Hush
Hush is available from the Mac App Store and from Gumroad. Those stores handle purchases and downloads under their own privacy policies; Hush itself sends nothing to them or to the developer.
Changes to this policy
If this policy changes, the updated version will be posted on this page with a new effective date. Its history is public in the Hush repository.
Contact
Questions about this policy? Open an issue at github.com/RahulPrabha/Hush/issues. Hush is open source, so you can also read the source code and check these claims yourself.