Privacy policy
Last changed on 1 November 2026.
GitIssue keeps as little personal data as possible. This page tells you what it keeps, why, for how long, and which outside services receive data.
What GitIssue keeps
- Your GitHub account ID and user name, to know who is signed in.
- Your GitHub access token, encrypted with AES-256-GCM, to read repos and post the issues that you approve. Sign-out deletes it.
- Your saved devices (device name, platform, OS and app version), until you delete them.
- A list of your reports (repo, issue number, link, title and date), to show My reports.
- Screenshots that you add. They are stored at a long random address that anyone with the link can open, because GitHub must load them in the issue.
- Rate-limit counters. Your IP address, a random device ID and your account ID are hashed with a secret key before they are stored. The hashes are deleted within one day.
GitIssue does not keep your email address. It does not keep the text that you dictate after the issue is posted; that text is in the GitHub issue, under your name.
What stays on your device
Your draft, recent repos and last device choice are kept in the local storage of your browser. They do not leave your device until you ask for a draft or post. GitIssue uses only two kinds of cookies: the ones that keep you signed in, and one with a random device ID that is used, as a hash, only for rate limits. It does not use cookies for analytics or ads.
Outside services that receive data
| Service | What it receives | Why |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub | Your sign-in, and the issues and comments that you post | Sign-in, reading repos, posting |
| Supabase | The data in the list above | Sign-in, database and screenshot storage |
| Groq | Your description, device details and short parts of the repo code and docs | Writing the draft |
| Google Gemini | The same as Groq, only when Groq fails. The free tier lets Google use this data to improve its models. | Backup for the draft |
| Vercel | Requests to the site, and cookieless page views and speed numbers | Hosting, Web Analytics and Speed Insights |
The buttons on the Support GitIssue page open Buy Me a Coffee and GitHub Sponsors. These services receive data only if you choose to go there.
Your choices
- Sign out to delete your stored GitHub token.
- Delete saved devices on the Devices page.
- Revoke GitIssue in GitHub, under Settings, Applications.
- To delete all your data, send a private request through GitHub private reporting (opens in a new tab).
Changes
When GitIssue starts to use a new outside service, this page changes in the same update. The history of this page is in the source code (opens in a new tab).