# Karve — Privacy Policy

**Last updated: 3 June 2026**

Karve is a native Windows application that runs the HTTP requests you author in
`.http` files. It is published by **XAKPC Dev Labs**. We built Karve to keep your
data on your own machine, and this policy explains exactly what does and does not
leave your device.

In short: **Karve has no account system and never uploads your requests,
responses, headers, tokens, or files.** The only data that leaves your machine,
other than the HTTP requests you explicitly choose to run, is anonymous crash
diagnostics — described below.

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## What stays on your device

Everything you create or work with in Karve is stored only on your computer:

- Your `.http` files and folders (wherever you keep them on disk).
- Your collections, open tabs, and session state.
- Your in-session request history.
- Your application settings and preferences.

These live in your file system and in the app's local data folder. They are never
transmitted to XAKPC Dev Labs or to any third party.

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## Network requests you run

When you press **Run**, Karve sends the HTTP request you wrote directly to the
server **you** specified in that request. Karve is **not** a proxy — traffic goes
straight from your machine to the destination server. We do not see, route, log,
or store the contents of your requests or the responses you receive.

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## Crash diagnostics (Sentry)

To keep the app stable and fix problems quickly, Karve automatically sends crash
reports to **Sentry** (operated by Functional Software, Inc., `sentry.io`) when an
unexpected error occurs.

**What a crash report contains:**

- The exception type and stack trace.
- The application version.
- Basic environment information (e.g. operating system version).

**What a crash report never contains:**

- Your request URLs, headers, query parameters, or bodies.
- Any response data you received.
- The contents of your `.http` files or any other files.
- Credentials, tokens, or other secrets.

Crash diagnostics are technical data used solely to diagnose and fix defects in
Karve. Sentry processes this data on our behalf as a service provider; see
[Sentry's privacy policy](https://sentry.io/privacy/) for how they handle it.

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## What Karve does *not* do

- **No accounts or sign-in.** There is nothing to register.
- **No advertising.** Karve shows no ads and shares nothing with ad networks.
- **No tracking or usage analytics** beyond the crash diagnostics described above.
- **No selling or sharing of personal data.** We do not collect personal data to
  sell or share in the first place.

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## Children's privacy

Karve is a developer tool intended for a general audience and is not directed at
children. It does not knowingly collect any personal information from children.

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## Changes to this policy

If we change how Karve handles data, we will update this policy and revise the
"Last updated" date above. Material changes will be reflected here before they
take effect.

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## Contact

Questions about this policy or your privacy? Email us:

**karve@xakpc.dev**

XAKPC Dev Labs