Privacy

MangoCut works on your computer. Your videos, photos and projects never leave it.

Browser extension

The extension only talks to the MangoCut program on your own computer (address 127.0.0.1). It sends nothing to any server, ours or anyone else's.

When you choose a shot in MangoCut, the extension tells the program about the files you download (where the file was saved and the name of the site), so the program can copy it into that shot's folder. It does not read the pages you visit, your history or your passwords.

It keeps only its connection key to the program, inside the browser. No analytics, no ads, no tracking.

The program

The program edits and keeps everything on your computer. Its AI tools run on your computer. Online AI services are used only if you turn them on, with your own account.

Problem notes (F8) stay on your computer, with a screenshot, a log and, if you wish, a voice note. They only leave if you copy or send them yourself. Support information is only copied to your clipboard, for you to send if you want.

License

The Free plan does not need to contact our server. If you use a paid plan, when you activate it and each time the program checks the license again (about every 12 hours for subscriptions, once a week for the lifetime plan), it sends our server your license key and a short code of your computer.

That code is a scrambled summary (SHA-256) made on your computer. It is never your name, your files or the real ID of your Windows. It only serves to keep the limit of 2 computers per license.

Optional AI downloads

The AI tools and models are optional. Each one is downloaded only after you confirm its name, where it comes from and its size, from GitHub or Hugging Face. MangoCut checks every file against a fixed fingerprint (SHA-256) before using it. Those sites see the download like any other download.

Your own AI services

Online AI is off by default. If you turn on “my own server” for the AI Director or “Generate images here”, the text and the prompts of that request go to the service you chose, with your own key. The key stays on your computer, encrypted by Windows. We never receive it.

Microphone

The microphone is used only when you record a voice note on a problem note (F8). The recording stays on your computer.

This website

In the Community you write with a nickname, no account. For the +1 votes we keep a scrambled code made from your connection, never the address itself.

When you buy Pro, payment is made by our reseller (Paddle). We keep your email only to send and recover your license key.

When a Community topic has a YouTube link, you first see its picture, loaded from YouTube. The video only starts after you press play, in YouTube’s privacy-enhanced mode (youtube-nocookie.com).

Questions

Write to us at the email below or in the Community.