Calabash is a local-first mystery reading board. It is designed to keep reader notes private by default.
Calabash stores the user's books, nodes, relationships, notes, groups, illustrations, and tutorial progress locally in the browser or desktop app. The web beta uses IndexedDB for library data and localStorage for preferences such as language, theme, onboarding state, and the active local library.
The core app does not send the user's reading data, board data, notes, images, or imported/exported files to any Calabash server. Calabash does not provide accounts, cloud sync, telemetry, analytics, ads, or hosted reader databases.
The app may access the network only for user-visible platform features:
- Loading the public GitHub Pages web app and static demo assets.
- Checking GitHub Releases when the user asks the desktop app to check for updates.
- Opening external links chosen by the user, such as the GitHub repository or release page.
Users can export their local library as a Calabash JSON file and import that file into another browser or desktop build. The exported file may contain the user's notes and inlined image data, so users should treat it as private.
Calabash's public source code and release artifacts are hosted on GitHub. When users visit the GitHub repository, GitHub Pages demo, or GitHub Releases, GitHub's own privacy policy applies to those requests.
Report privacy or data-safety concerns through the Calabash issue tracker: https://github.com/Guesswhat-Studio/Calabash/issues