Friday on your computer has no account and listens on 127.0.0.1 only. It sends anonymous usage counts you can turn off, and never your code or prompts.
What it listens on
Friday listens on 127.0.0.1 only, so nothing else on your network can reach it. It answers only its own page: a request from any other site, or from a page being previewed, is refused.
What it keeps
One folder on your computer, readable only by you (~/.friday unless you set FRIDAY_HOME).
What it talks to
GitHub, for the pull requests, issues and skills you ask it about; and each coding tool’s own provider, to read its remaining usage with the sign-in the tool already has. A model you add is called from your computer. Your coding tools talk to their own providers as they always do. Friday also sends anonymous usage counts, described next.
Anonymous usage counts
Friday sends anonymous usage counts, so we can see what to fix: a random install id; the version, operating system, architecture, and whether it is the desktop app; a once-a-day “opened”, with the coding tools it found and how many are signed in; each session started (Code, Work or Crew); and, once each, the first tool ready and the first agent turn.
It never sends prompts, code, files, paths, repos, emails, accounts or tool output. No IP addresses are stored, and there is no location.
Nothing is sent until you answer the notice in the app.
Turn it off in Settings › Data & backup, or set FRIDAY_NO_TELEMETRY=1 or DO_NOT_TRACK=1.
Updates
The desktop app asks GitHub for a newer release while it is open (when it starts, when you come back to it, and every ten minutes), downloads it from there, and installs it when you restart. Set FRIDAY_NO_UPDATE_CHECK=1 to turn that off.
Does my code leave my computer?
Not through Friday. It has no account, and the usage counts above never include prompts, code, files or paths.