Your snippets stay on your computer
BrainRAM works offline and needs no account. This page lists everything the app and this website send, and how to turn it off.
Last updated: 22 October 2026
- Never sent: your snippets, pages, clipboard history or usage history.
- Sent once a week: an anonymous report with counts (how many pages and snippets, which features), which you can turn off.
- Sent only when you ask: pages you choose to share, and your email when you buy Pro or subscribe.
- No ads. We never sell or rent data.
What stays on your computer
Everything you put into BrainRAM is saved in a settings file on your computer (on Windows: %APPDATA%\brainram\) and is never uploaded:
- your pages and snippets, including secrets, images and links
- clipboard history (Pro): kept in memory only, never written to disk, gone when the app closes
- insights (Pro): the record of which snippets you use, saved locally so the Insights tab can show it
- your license key: checked on your computer, with no call to a server
The weekly usage report
About once a week, BrainRAM sends a short report to brainram.app so we can tell how many people use the app and which features matter. It contains:
| Field | Example |
|---|---|
| Install ID | a random ID made on first launch, not linked to you or your device |
| Install date | 2026-10-22 |
| App version, operating system | 0.2.0, windows |
| Language, time zone, screen size | en-US, Europe/Berlin, 1920x1080 |
| Number of pages and snippets | 4 pages, 37 snippets |
| Snippet types used | 20 text, 12 code, 5 links |
| Grid sizes, theme name, number of custom themes | 24-cell grid, "midnight", 1 |
| Setup answers | whether you finished setup, and the roles you picked (for example "developer") |
It never contains snippet names or content, page names, file paths, your email or anything you typed. We store the latest report per install on our server (Cloudflare) and count installs and active users with PostHog, an analytics service. We do not store your IP address with it.
To turn it off: open BrainRAM Settings → General → Analytics and switch off “Share anonymous usage data”. Nothing is sent after that.
Other times the app goes online
- Checking for updates: only when you click “Check for updates” in Settings. It downloads a small file listing the latest version.
- Sharing pages: only when you click Share. The pages you selected are uploaded so the link works, and anyone with the link can see them. Don’t share pages that contain secrets. To have a shared link deleted, email us the link.
- Links you click open in your browser, like any other link.
Buying Pro
Payments are handled by Lemon Squeezy, which acts as the seller and processes your card; we never see card details. Lemon Squeezy sends us your email address and order number. We use them to create your license key, which we email to you through Resend and keep so we can resend it if you lose it.
This website
brainram.app uses PostHog to count visits, which pages are viewed and how many people click Download. PostHog sets a cookie to tell repeat visits apart. Browser extensions that block trackers will block it, and the site works fine without it.
If you subscribe to updates or join a waitlist, your email goes to Beehiiv, our newsletter service (Teams waitlist emails are kept on our own server). Every email has an unsubscribe link.
Deleting your data
Uninstalling BrainRAM and deleting the folder above removes everything on your computer. To delete anything we hold (a usage report, a shared page, your purchase email), email [email protected]. For a usage report, include your install ID, which is in the settings file as install_id.
Questions
Email [email protected]. If this page changes, the date at the top changes too.