PRIVACY POLICY
What leaves your machine.
Almost nothing. linux-cleanup is a command-line tool that runs on your Linux computer. It has no account, no sign-in and no analytics. This page lists the one request the CLI makes, the files it writes on your machine, and what this website records.
The CLI on your machine
The scan, the dry run and every cleanup mode run locally. The paths it reads, the sizes it measures and the files it removes are not sent anywhere. There is no telemetry, crash reporting or usage counting in the CLI.
System mode asks for sudo because apt and dpkg need it. That permission is used by your own package manager on your machine.
The update check
At the start of a run, the CLI reads one small text file, its release record, from GitHub:
| WHAT | DETAIL |
|---|---|
| Address | raw.githubusercontent.com/aoneahsan/linux-cleanup/main/release/stable.env |
| Sent by the CLI | An ordinary HTTPS GET. Nothing about your machine, your files or the run is added to it. |
| Seen by GitHub | What any web server sees for a request: your IP address and the request time. GitHub’s own privacy statement covers that. |
| Offline | The check is skipped and the run carries on. |
The CLI then remembers, in ~/.linux-cleanup/update-seen, which newer version it has already told you about.
Files it writes locally
Each run writes a log to ~/.linux-cleanup/logs/ and, unless you pass --no-report, a report to ~/.linux-cleanup/reports/. They name the paths that were scanned, removed or skipped. They stay on your computer until you delete them.
--debug-bundle packs the latest log and report into one archive for you. It is only sent if you attach it to a message yourself.This website
linux-cleanup.aoneahsan.com is a set of static pages. It sets no cookies and loads no analytics or advertising scripts. Your colour and appearance choices are kept in your browser’s local storage and never leave it.
The site is served by Cloudflare Pages. Cloudflare processes your IP address and request details to deliver pages and protect the service, under its own privacy policy.
When you contact us
If you open a GitHub issue or email us, we receive what you choose to write, plus your GitHub profile or email address. We use it to reply and to fix the problem. Issues on GitHub are public; leave out anything private.
Changes and contact
If the CLI starts sending anything new, this page changes in the same release and the date above moves. Questions about privacy: aoneahsan@gmail.com.