Privacy Policy

Last updated November 7, 2026

Who we are

Northwire makes the websites northwire.app, mods.northwire.app and link.northwire.app, the Link browser for desktop and Android, and the Minecraft mods Chunkgen and Disasterpiece. "We" and "us" in this policy mean Northwire. You can reach us through the bug report forms on link.northwire.app/report and mods.northwire.app/report, or on GitHub.

Our websites

• Hosting. The websites are served by Cloudflare. Like any web host, Cloudflare processes your IP address and request details to deliver the pages and protect them from attacks. We don't add analytics, tracking or cookies of our own.
• Fonts. The pages load their font from Google Fonts, so your browser connects to Google when you open them.
• Mod availability. mods.northwire.app asks Modrinth's public API whether each mod is published there. That request goes from your browser to Modrinth.
• Downloads. Link's desktop installers are served from GitHub, so downloading one connects you to GitHub.

Bug reports

When you send a bug report, we save:

• what you type: the app, version and platform, what happened, what you expected, your setup, and contact details if you choose to give them;
• your browser's name and version (the user agent), which helps us reproduce the bug;
• a scrambled, one-way copy of your IP address that changes every day. It's used only to stop the form from being flooded with spam, and it can't be turned back into your IP address.

Reports are stored in Cloudflare's database service and only we can read them. We use them only to find and fix bugs, and keep them until we've dealt with them. To have your report deleted, ask us through the report form or GitHub. Please don't put passwords or other people's personal information in a report.

Link for Windows, macOS and Linux

Your bookmarks, history, passwords, cookies and settings are stored on your computer. Passwords and cookies are encrypted with your operating system's keychain. Link has no analytics or telemetry and doesn't send your browsing to us. Link connects to other services only to do what it's for:

• Websites you visit receive what any browser sends them, such as your IP address (unless the VPN is on).
• Search. Your searches go to the search engine you choose. Link Search gets its results from DuckDuckGo. While you type, your text is sent to your search engine's suggestion service; you can turn suggestions off in the settings.
• Quick answers in Link Search. Weather comes from Open-Meteo, exchange rates from Frankfurter, definitions from Free Dictionary API and summaries from Wikipedia. If you ask for the weather without naming a place, Link estimates your city from your IP address using ipwho.is.
• Tor VPN. The first time you turn it on, Link downloads the Tor client from torproject.org. While it's on, your traffic goes through the Tor network. To show which country your traffic exits from, Link asks api.ipify.org and ipwho.is.
• Ad and tracker blocking. Link downloads public block lists to know what to block.
• Extensions. Installing an extension downloads it from the Chrome Web Store, run by Google.
• Updates. Link checks GitHub for new versions and downloads them.

Link for Android

The same applies on Android: your bookmarks, history and settings stay on your phone, and there are no analytics or telemetry. Searches and suggestions go to the search engine you choose, the ad and tracker block lists are downloaded from easylist.to, and the Tor VPN runs on your phone. "Report a bug" opens the report form on our website.

Chunkgen and Disasterpiece

Our Minecraft mods don't connect to the internet and don't collect any data. Everything they do stays in your game and your world files.

Other services

Cloudflare, Google, GitHub, Modrinth, DuckDuckGo, the Tor Project and the other services named above handle data under their own privacy policies. We don't sell or share personal information with anyone.

Children

Our software can be used by anyone, and none of it asks for personal information. If you're under 16, please leave contact details out of bug reports.

Your rights

Depending on where you live, including in the European Union, you can ask to see, correct or delete personal information we hold about you, or object to how we use it. Since the only personal information we hold is bug reports, contact us through the report form or GitHub and we'll help. You can also complain to your local data protection authority.

Changes

If this policy changes, we'll update it on this page and change the date at the top.