OxiTidePrivacy Policy
Last updated: 15 October 2026
In short: OxiTide does not collect your personal data. There is no OxiTide account, no analytics, no telemetry, no advertising and no crash reporting. The project runs no server that the app sends anything to. What the app stores stays on your device; when it goes online, it talks directly to the services listed below, and only for the features you use.
This policy covers the OxiTide desktop app on Windows (including the Microsoft Store version), Linux and macOS, and this website.
What stays on your device
OxiTide keeps the following on your computer, and never uploads it:
- Your settings, window layout and audio output choices.
- The local music library: the folders you add, the file paths and tags read from your music, your playlists, favourites and play history.
- Cached cover art and artist pictures.
- The sign-in token for TIDAL, if you sign in.
- A log file the app writes for troubleshooting. It is not sent anywhere; you choose whether to attach it to a bug report.
On Windows this lives under %APPDATA%\OxiTide and %LOCALAPPDATA%\OxiTide (the Microsoft Store version keeps it in its own app storage, removed when you uninstall it); on Linux under ~/.config/oxitide and ~/.cache/oxitide; on macOS under ~/Library/Application Support/OxiTide and ~/Library/Caches/OxiTide.
Your music files
OxiTide reads the music folders you add, to play them and to build the library. It changes a file only when you ask it to: editing tags writes to the files you selected, and deleting moves them to the Recycle Bin or Trash after you confirm.
Services the app connects to
Each of these is contacted directly from your computer. Like any internet connection, it shows the service your IP address; beyond that, the app sends only what is listed.
- TIDAL — only when the TIDAL source is installed and you sign in. Sign-in happens on TIDAL's own login page, and browsing and streaming go straight to TIDAL with your session. TIDAL's handling of that is covered by TIDAL's privacy policy. The Microsoft Store version does not include the TIDAL source.
- Cover art and artist pictures for local music — only if you turn on automatic artwork download (off by default) or search for a cover yourself. The album title and artist name are sent to Deezer, MusicBrainz and the Cover Art Archive, and Apple's iTunes Search, and the matching images are downloaded.
- Update check — the versions downloaded from GitHub read the list of releases from GitHub's public API when they start, to tell you about a new version. The Microsoft Store version does not; the Store updates it. See GitHub's privacy statement.
- Scrobbling (Linux and macOS) — only if you connect a Last.fm or ListenBrainz account; the tracks you play are then sent to that account.
Links in the app, such as the community page or the release notes, open in your web browser.
Children
OxiTide is a general-audience music player and does not knowingly collect information from anyone, children included.
Changes
If what the app does with data changes, this page will be updated and its date changed. The history of this page is public in the project repository.
Contact
Questions about this policy are welcome in the project's GitHub Issues.