Arugula
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Privacy Policy

Last updated: March 15, 2026

The short version

Arugula does not collect, store, or transmit any of your data. Everything happens on your Mac.

Speech and audio

Arugula uses your Mac's microphone to capture speech while you hold the dictation key. Audio is processed entirely on-device using a local AI model. Your voice data is:

  • Never sent to any server or cloud service
  • Never stored as audio files — it is processed in memory and discarded
  • Never accessible to Arugula's developers or any third party

Saved corrections

When you use Fix Last Transcript, Arugula can store short phrase corrections locally on your Mac so it can reuse them later. This correction data:

  • Is stored only on your Mac's file system
  • Is never transmitted anywhere
  • Can be deleted at any time by removing Arugula's data folder

Accessibility access

Arugula requests Accessibility access to insert transcribed text at your cursor position. This permission is used solely for text insertion. Arugula does not read, log, or transmit any content from other applications.

Microphone access

Arugula requests microphone access to capture speech for transcription. The microphone is only active while you hold the dictation key. You can revoke microphone access at any time in System Settings > Privacy & Security > Microphone.

Network access

Arugula does not make network requests. It does not connect to the internet. It has no server component, no update mechanism that phones home, and no analytics within the app itself.

Data collection summary

  • Personal data collected: none
  • Usage data collected: none
  • Tracking: none
  • Third-party analytics in the app: none
  • Data shared with third parties: none

How to revoke permissions

You can revoke Arugula's permissions at any time:

  • Microphone: System Settings > Privacy & Security > Microphone > toggle Arugula off
  • Accessibility: System Settings > Privacy & Security > Accessibility > remove Arugula

Analytics on this website

This website (getarugula.com) uses Google Analytics to understand traffic patterns. This is standard website analytics and is entirely separate from the Arugula application, which contains no analytics or tracking of any kind.

Contact

If you have questions about this policy, reach us at bitterdesk.com/s/arugula.