Privacy · Upstar

Upstar ranks public GitHub repositories. This page lists the personal data it handles and why.

Without an account

Browsing is anonymous. Upstar counts page views with Cloudflare Web Analytics, which sets no cookie and does not identify you or follow you across sites; it records the page, the referring site, your browser and your country.
Upstar counts clicks on links to GitHub anonymously, as daily totals per page, source and repository, without cookie or identifier; nothing is counted when your browser sends Global Privacy Control.
When you arrive from one of Upstar’s own social media posts, a first-party cookie (upstar_ref, 7 days) remembers which weekly post it was, nothing else. Upstar counts these visits, and digest sign-ups or GitHub sign-ins that follow, as daily totals per post; no IP address or identifier is stored.
If you subscribe to the digest, Upstar stores your email address, the topic you chose, your timezone and the language of the page you subscribed from, only to send the digest. Nothing is sent until you confirm the address.
When you choose a language, a cookie (upstar_lang, one year) remembers it. Nothing else is stored in it.

With an account

Signing in with GitHub gives Upstar your public profile (login, name, avatar) and your primary email address. Upstar never stores a GitHub access token.
Upstar reads your public starred repositories to suggest topics.
Your topics, bookmarks, hidden repos, alert rules and digest settings are stored so the app works across devices.
A session cookie keeps you signed in. It is strictly necessary and is not used for tracking.

Emails

Every digest and alert email has a one-click unsubscribe link. Emails are delivered through an email provider acting on Upstar’s behalf.

When ads are shown, they come from EthicalAds, which picks ads from the page’s content without cookies or tracking.

Deleting your data

Delete your account from Settings: everything tied to it is removed immediately. To remove a digest-only subscription, use the unsubscribe link in any digest. For any other request, contact contact@upstar.dev