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ReaderMD Privacy Policy

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Last updated: April 15, 2026

ReaderMD is made by Tent Studios, LLC. We collect zero data—everything happens on your device.

What we don’t collect

  • No analytics or tracking of any kind
  • No accounts or sign-in required
  • No browsing history is recorded or transmitted
  • No content is uploaded—extracted Markdown stays on your device
  • ReaderMD itself makes no network requests. The webpages you visit in Safari are unaffected by ReaderMD—they continue to make their normal requests as they always have. ReaderMD does not add, block, or modify any of those requests.

How ReaderMD works

ReaderMD is a Safari Web Extension. When you click its toolbar icon on an article, it reads the currently-visible page content inside your browser, extracts the article body, and converts it to Markdown. The result is shown in a popover where you can copy it to your clipboard or save it as a local file.

All of this happens entirely on your device. No data leaves Safari.

Permissions

ReaderMD is a Safari Web Extension. It declares only the minimum permissions needed to do its job, and all of them are activated on demand—nothing runs in the background.

  • activeTab—read the content of the currently active tab when you click the ReaderMD toolbar icon. This is the only content-access permission ReaderMD requests, and it only grants access when you actively invoke the extension.
  • scripting—inject the extraction code into the active tab when needed. Used as a fallback for pages that loaded before ReaderMD was enabled.
  • storage—save your settings (frontmatter format, filename format, download folder) on your device.
  • nativeMessaging—communicate with the ReaderMD container app so saved files land in the folder you’ve chosen.

ReaderMD does not declare host permissions like <all_urls>. ReaderMD makes no network requests of its own. The webpages you visit are unaffected—their normal requests continue; ReaderMD doesn’t add, block, or modify any of them.

Third-party libraries

ReaderMD bundles open-source content-extraction libraries (Defuddle, Mozilla Readability, Turndown). These libraries run locally in the extension sandbox. They do not make network requests. Full attribution and license details are available in-app under About → Open Source Notices.

Children’s privacy

ReaderMD is not directed at children under 13 and does not knowingly collect data from anyone.

Changes to this policy

If this policy is updated, the “Last updated” date above will change and a summary of changes will appear here.

Contact

For privacy questions or concerns, email support@tentstudios.com.