Privacy Policy

This policy describes how Scriby handles your data on macOS.

Last updated: May 23, 2026

What Scriby stores locally

• Your current Draft text and Draft tags.
• Your saved Snippets, including Snippet tags and local deletion markers.
• Template placeholders when you type them as part of Draft or Snippet body text.
• templateSettings, including variable menu order, custom default values, built-in visibility, and built-in date/time formats.
• Pinned search-tag ordering in the Snippets search picker, stored locally as pinnedTagKeys.
• Local preferences such as Launch at Login, onboarding completion, and your global shortcut.

Backups

• Scriby v1 keeps Drafts, Snippets, tags, template settings, and preferences local to your Mac.
• You can manually back up or move your data with Scriby's Import... and Export... actions.

Clipboard and system integration

• Scriby writes text to the macOS clipboard only after an explicit Copy action.
• Template filling and rendering happen locally during explicit Copy actions. Values entered for a Copy payload are not separately stored.
• Custom variable default values and built-in date/time formats configured in Manage Variables... are stored locally as part of templateSettings.
• Draft tags and Snippet tags are metadata and are not included in copied text.
• Launch at Login uses macOS system services and is controlled by your local preference.
• The Support and Privacy Policy menu items open hosted pages in your browser.

Analytics and advertising

• Scriby does not include third-party analytics SDKs.
• Scriby does not include advertising SDKs.

Data sharing

• Scriby does not sell your personal data.
• Scriby does not send your Drafts, Snippets, tags, template placeholders, Copy-time template values, template settings, or search tag ordering to third-party services.

Contact

For privacy or support questions, email [email protected].