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Privacy Policy

Last updated: November 10, 2026

The short version: PugFed doesn't collect your data. There are no PugFed servers, no analytics, no ads and no tracking.

What PugFed collects

Nothing. The app has no servers of its own, so the developer never receives your account details, your posts, your photos or a record of what you do in the app. The one exception is the beta information Apple provides through TestFlight, described below.

How the app works

PugFed connects directly from your iPhone to the Mastodon server you choose. Everything you view, like, comment on, boost, save or post goes to that server and is covered by that server's own privacy policy. You sign in on your server's own login page, so PugFed never sees your password.

What stays on your iPhone

To keep you signed in and make the app fast, PugFed stores a login token and a cache of recent posts and pictures on your device. Logging out or deleting the app removes them.

Your photos

PugFed only sees the photos you pick in the system photo picker; it doesn't ask for access to your library. Photos you post are uploaded to your Mastodon server, and location data is removed from them first.

TestFlight

The PugFed beta is distributed through Apple's TestFlight. Apple collects crash logs and usage information for beta apps and shares them with the developer, along with any feedback you choose to send. This is handled by Apple under Apple's privacy policy, and it's used only to fix problems in the app.

This website

This site uses no cookies and no analytics. As with any website, the company that hosts it and Google Fonts, which serves its typefaces, receive your IP address when the page loads.

Changes

If this policy changes, the new version will be posted on this page with a new date.

Contact

Questions? Write to pixelpug@pugfed.com.