Privacy and your data
Curator is local-first. Your files and all AI stay on your Mac.
What stays local
Section titled “What stays local”- Your files stay where they are. Curator reads them in place and never uploads them.
- All AI runs on your Mac through Ollama. The only network call Curator makes for AI is to your own Ollama, whether that is on this Mac or another computer you control.
- No account. A profile is local and name-only. There is no email, no password, and no sign-in.
- S3 credentials are yours. If you connect cloud storage, the keys are yours and are stored locally on your Mac. Curator uses them only to read your bucket.
For the bigger picture, see How Curator works.
Where your data lives on disk
Section titled “Where your data lives on disk”On macOS, Curator keeps its own data in these locations.
| Data | Location |
|---|---|
| Databases and config | ~/Library/Application Support/com.bleural.curator |
| Logs | ~/Library/Logs/com.bleural.curator |
This includes the search index, settings, and metadata Curator generates. Your documents stay in their original folder or bucket.
Removing Curator’s data for a source
Section titled “Removing Curator’s data for a source”To remove what Curator built for a source, delete the source in Settings under Storage. This clears the index, descriptions, and other data Curator made for it.
[!IMPORTANT] Deleting a source does not touch your real files. Your folder or bucket and everything in it stay exactly as they were.
See Manage sources for the steps.