What the app reads
GitWorkStream reads the git repositories in the folders you choose, using /usr/bin/git on your Mac. That includes branch names, commit messages, authors, dates, file changes and the reflog. It works out which commits an AI coding agent made from git alone: commit trailers, author names and emails, and branch names. It doesn't read agent logs or any agent's own data.
All of this is shown on screen and stays on your Mac, unless you use Ask About This (below). None of it is ever sent to us.
Network connections
Without Ask About This set up, GitWorkStream makes no network connections. It never contacts GitHub, GitLab or any other git host, and it never fetches.
The Help menu's links open pages on rarelyimpossible.com in your web browser. That visit is covered by the Rarely Impossible privacy policy.
Ask About This (optional)
Ask About This lets you ask your own AI model a question about a commit or a workstream. It is off until you choose a provider in Settings › AI. Nothing is sent until you press Ask, and the sheet shows the size of what would be sent and where it goes first.
When you press Ask, GitWorkStream sends an HTTPS request to the provider you chose: api.anthropic.com, api.openai.com, or the endpoint you entered. If you use Ollama on your Mac, the request goes to localhost and never leaves the machine.
What is sent:
- For a commit: its SHA, the repository name, branch, author name and email, co-authors, agent attribution, date, commit message, list of changed files and the patch.
- For a workstream: for each repository, its name, branch, base, how far ahead or behind it is, the number of uncommitted files, the changed files and the diff against the default branch on origin.
- Your question.
Diffs are capped in size (60,000 characters by default). What the provider does with your request is governed by its own terms and privacy policy, not ours. We never see it.
Your API key is stored in the macOS Keychain, on this Mac only. Ask About This is blocked while private mode is on, because the real names, not the stand-ins, are what would be sent.
What the app stores
Your setup is saved in ~/Library/Application Support/GitWorkStream/:
store.json: the root folders you watch, the repositories you added and your workstreams. It is readable only by your user account.store.backup.json: an automatic backup.snapshots/: your last 12 setups, so you can restore one.
Scan settings, your AI provider, model and endpoint, and the repository settings you've chosen to trust (with their paths) are kept in the app's standard macOS preferences. API keys are kept in the Keychain.
Nothing is stored inside your repositories. Deleting the app's folder in Application Support, its preferences and its Keychain items removes everything it saved.
Private mode
Private mode, in Settings › Advanced, swaps repository, branch, commit, author and path names on screen for stable stand-ins, for screenshots and screen sharing. It changes only what's displayed. The screenshots on our website were taken in private mode.
Your repositories' own settings
A repository's configuration can ask git to run other programs. GitWorkStream checks for this and won't run git in that repository until you trust those exact settings. This protects you from repositories you didn't set up yourself.
What the app doesn't do
GitWorkStream has no account or sign-in, no adverts, no analytics, no telemetry, no crash reporting and no tracking. It never pushes, pulls, fetches, merges, commits or stages.
Children
GitWorkStream collects no data from anyone, including children.
Changes
If this policy ever changes, the new version will be posted on this page with a new date.
Who we are
GitWorkStream is published by ICE32 Limited, the company behind Rarely Impossible. ICE32 Limited is registered in England and Wales (company number 07046272). Registered office: Platinum House, 23 Hinton Road, Bournemouth, BH1 2EF, United Kingdom.
Contact
Questions: [email protected].
This policy sits alongside the Rarely Impossible privacy policy and terms of use, which cover all our apps.