Desktop Glow

Privacy

Last updated on November 3, 2026

In short

Neither the site nor the apps have accounts, ads, analytics or tracking, and nothing you do in them is sent to me. The site sets no cookies. The apps keep their data on your PC. Some features talk to other services on the internet; each one is listed below, with what it sends and when. Every connection carries your IP address, as any connection on the internet does.

Who is responsible

Felipe, an individual in Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil, who signs his work as Felipe Sites (a name, not a company). Contact: felipe.sites0@gmail.com.

This site

WhatWho receives it, and why
HostingThe site is served by Cloudflare, which receives your IP address and the details of each request (page, browser, time) to deliver the page and protect it from abuse. I do not read or keep those records.
Latest versionWhen the page opens, your browser asks GitHub (api.github.com) for the version and size of the newest installer.
DownloadThe installer is downloaded from GitHub.
LanguageIf you switch between English and Portuguese, the choice stays in your browser (localStorage).
LinksInstagram, WhatsApp, email and GitHub Sponsors are other services, with their own privacy policies.

Fonts, pictures and videos come from this site itself.

The installer

WhatSent to, and when
City searchThe city name you type, to Open-Meteo (geocoding-api.open-meteo.com), only when you search for the clock's weather city.
RequirementsIf .NET, Python or WebView2 is missing and "install what's missing" is on (the default), Windows' own winget downloads them from Microsoft and the package's publisher.

All the apps travel inside the installer; nothing else is downloaded. It keeps a log and the list of what it installed on your PC.

Island

FeatureSent to, and when
Sports scoresESPN's public scoreboards (site.api.espn.com): the leagues you follow and the date. On by default, from every 15 minutes down to every 30 seconds during a followed live game.
WeatherOpen-Meteo: the city you type, and then its coordinates every 10 minutes. Nothing until you type a city.
UpdatesGitHub: asks for the newest version at most once a day (never during a competitive game) and downloads it only when you click Update. Can be turned off in the settings.
Steam gamesThe Steam store (store.steampowered.com): the numeric IDs of games you played but no longer have installed, to show their names. Only if Steam is installed.
Game logosWikipedia: the page name of a few games outside Steam (such as Valorant), the first time their logo is shown.
Exchange ratesAwesomeAPI (economia.awesomeapi.com.br), or Frankfurter as a fallback: a fixed list of currency pairs, only when you type a currency conversion.
TranslatorThe text you select or type, to Google Translate, only when you ask for a translation. Text over 1,200 characters goes to OpenAI or Anthropic instead, if you saved a key.
AI chatOpenAI or Anthropic: your messages, pasted images, a few earlier exchanges and your own API key. Only when you send a message, and only after you add a key.
PingA tiny empty test packet to 1.1.1.1 and to your router, once a second, only while a competitive game is in front.
Local onlyThe live score of CS2 and Rocket League comes from the game on your own PC; OBS and Logitech G HUB are read on your PC too. No internet involved.

Mond Clock

FeatureSent to, and when
WeatherOpen-Meteo: the coordinates of your city (the one picked in the installer), every 15 minutes. Can be turned off.
Day fontDownloads its decorative font from GitHub (media.githubusercontent.com) the first time it opens, if the font is not on the PC yet.
UpdatesGitHub, only when you open "check for updates".

The song playing and the sound bars come from Windows itself (the media controls and the sound output) and never leave the PC.

Living Wallpaper

FeatureSent to, and when
UpdatesGitHub, only when you click to check or install. If you saved a GitHub token in the app, it goes with that request.
Web wallpapersA web page you use as wallpaper (yours or from Wallpaper Engine's Workshop) can load content from the internet by itself, like any page in a browser. The app's own wallpapers load nothing from outside.

Island Cursors

No internet at all. It only registers the pointers in Windows and keeps a copy of your previous ones to give them back on uninstall.

What stays on your PC

Your rights

I do not hold personal data about you, so there is nothing of yours for me to show, correct or delete. Data received by the services above (Cloudflare, GitHub, Open-Meteo, ESPN, Google, OpenAI, Anthropic and the others) is handled under their own policies, and you can exercise your rights with them, including under Brazil's LGPD. To erase what the apps keep on your PC, uninstall them and delete their folders. For any question, write to felipe.sites0@gmail.com.

Children

Nothing here is aimed at collecting data from anyone, including children. The AI and translation features send what is typed to third parties and should be used with that in mind.

Changes

This page changes when the site or the apps change what they send; the date at the top says when.