Privacy Policy

This policy covers the DxHome browser extension for Chrome and Firefox, published at github.com/shahriyardx/dx-home. DxHome replaces your new tab page with a dashboard: a clock, command bar, bookmarks, dev servers, recent tabs, reading list and tasks.

None. DxHome has no accounts, no backend and no database. It does not collect personal information, browsing history, search queries, usage analytics or location. There are no trackers, no telemetry and no crash reporting. The developer cannot see anything you do in the extension.

Bookmarks, tasks, reading-list items and recent-tab history are stored in a local IndexedDB database in your browser. Settings and preferences use your browser’s extension storage. A background image you choose is stored locally too. All of it stays on your device and is removed when you uninstall the extension or clear its data.

DxHome has no server of its own, so it never “phones home”. It does make these requests, all triggered by something you did:

• Search and shortcuts. Pressing Enter in the command bar hands your query to the search engine already configured in your browser, or navigates to the site you typed. That request goes to them, under their privacy policy — exactly as it would from the address bar.
• Favicons.To show a site’s icon next to a bookmark, tab or reading-list item, DxHome first tries that site’s own /favicon.ico. If that fails, it falls back to DuckDuckGo’s icon service, which means the domain name (never the full URL, and sent without a referrer) is visible to DuckDuckGo. No other detail is included.
• Dev servers.If you enable the feature, DxHome makes HTTP requests to loopback ports on your own machine to see what’s running. These never leave your computer.

• topSites

  Reads your browser's own most-visited list to show shortcuts on the new tab. The list is rendered locally and never sent anywhere.

• tabs

  Powers Recent tabs — the titles and URLs of tabs you recently closed — and lets the sidepanel save the page you're on to your reading list.

• storage

  Saves your settings and preferences in your browser's extension storage.

• sidePanel

  Opens the sidepanel used for backgrounds, the reading list and settings.

• contextMenus

  Adds the right-click items: capture a task from selected text or a link, save a page to the reading list, set an image as your background.

• search

  Sends a query from the command bar to the search engine you have already chosen in your browser. DxHome does not have its own search engine and never sees the results.

• localhost / 127.0.0.1 (optional)

  Only requested if you turn on Dev servers, and only granted when you accept the prompt. It lets DxHome make local HTTP requests to loopback ports to see which dev servers are running. Nothing on the public internet is covered by it, and you can revoke it at any time.

The dev-server list works by making a short HTTP request to a fixed set of common development ports on localhost and 127.0.0.1. Only servers that answer with an HTTP response can appear, so databases such as Postgres, MySQL, MongoDB and Redis never show up — they speak their own protocols and the request simply fails.

The permission is optional and requested in context, so people who never run a dev server are never asked for it. Results are shown on your new tab and stored nowhere else.

There is nothing to share. DxHome does not sell, rent, transfer or disclose user data, because it never collects any in the first place.

DxHome is safe for users of all ages. Since it collects no personal data, it does not knowingly gather information from children and is consistent with COPPA and similar rules.

• Delete any bookmark, task or reading-list item from inside the extension.
• Revoke the optional localhost permission in your browser’s extension settings whenever you like.
• Uninstalling DxHome removes its local database and stored settings.

This page may be updated as the extension changes or as laws require. Updates are posted here with a new effective date, and the full history is public in the repository.

Questions or concerns? Open an issue at github.com/shahriyardx/dx-home/issues or email contact@shahriyar.dev.