Jot
plain-file notes for Linux
Privacy Policy
Summary
Jot is a desktop application that runs entirely on your computer. It has no servers, no accounts, and no analytics. It does not collect, transmit, or sell your notes or anything else about you. Your notes are files in a folder you choose, and they go nowhere unless you send them. On its own, Jot reaches the internet for one thing, which you can turn off: a daily check with GitHub for a newer release.
Your notes
Jot reads and writes the Markdown files in the folder you open, and the pictures and other files kept beside them. It does not upload them anywhere. If that folder is inside a sync service such as Syncthing, Nextcloud or Dropbox, that service carries your notes, under its own terms; Jot only works with the files on your computer.
Update checks
Once a day, the Jot app and the jot command ask GitHub for the version number
of Jot's latest release, so they can say when a newer one is out. GitHub receives a request
for that public information and, like any website, your IP address; nothing about your
notes. You can turn this off in Settings, under General, with "Say when a new release is
out", or by setting JOT_NO_UPDATE_CHECK in the environment.
jot upgrade, jot downgrade and the installer download a release from
GitHub only when you run them.
Things you start
- Following a web link in a note opens it in your browser, which then talks to that site.
- "Report a bug" in the ? menu, and
jot doctor --report, open a new GitHub issue in your browser with details about your system and the end of Jot's logs filled in, with email addresses masked. Nothing is sent until you submit the issue yourself, and you can read and change it first. - "Copy debug info" puts the same details on your clipboard, and goes no further.
Where information is stored
- Your notes and their files stay where they are, in the folder you chose.
- A search index of your notes is kept in
~/.cache/jot, with the latest release Jot has heard of. Both can be deleted at any time; Jot rebuilds the index from your notes. - Your settings and the themes you make or import are kept in
~/.config/jot. - Logs of what Jot did, such as opening a folder and any errors saving, are kept in
~/.local/state/jot. They can hold the folder's location and the names of notes, never what the notes say. - Nothing is stored on any server operated by Jot, because there is none.
Removing Jot's files
Uninstalling Jot leaves your notes and its own files in place, as Linux packages do. Your
notes are yours to keep. To remove what Jot kept, delete the jot folders in
~/.cache, ~/.config and ~/.local/state.
Children
Jot is not directed at children under 13 and does not knowingly collect their information.
Changes
If this policy changes, the updated version will be posted here with a new date. The history of this document is public in the repository that holds this site.
Contact
Questions can be sent to privacy@callieapp.org.