homectl

Privacy policy

Last updated 24 October 2026.

homectl is open-source software that you install and run on your own devices: a home server and your router. homectl.ai, the project behind it, runs no service that receives, stores or processes your data. We can't see your devices, your network, your backups or your accounts.

What homectl handles, and where it stays

homectl keeps a list of the devices on your home network, the rooms you put them in, the people they belong to and your internet schedules. All of it is stored on your own home server and router. Nothing is sent to homectl.ai.

Google Drive

If you choose to keep backup copies on Google Drive, homectl asks for permission to the drive.file scope only. With it, homectl can see and change only the files it created itself (its backup copies), not anything else in your Drive. homectl uses this access for one purpose: uploading encrypted backup copies, listing them and deleting old ones under the retention you set.

• Backup copies are encrypted on your server before they are uploaded. Google, and anyone else without your backup key or recovery passphrase, can't read them.
• The sign-in token Google issues is stored only on your home server. It isn't sent to homectl.ai.
• homectl doesn't use data from Google APIs for advertising, doesn't sell it, doesn't share it with anyone, and doesn't use it to train AI models. People never read it.
• homectl's use and transfer of information received from Google APIs adheres to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.

You can remove access at any time: hctl backup target rm gdrive on your side, or remove homectl at myaccount.google.com/permissions. Copies already in your Drive stay there until you delete them.

Other services

Other cloud storage you connect (for example OneDrive) is used the same way: for your encrypted backup copies only, with the token kept on your server.

This website

homectl.ai is a static site hosted on GitHub Pages. It sets no cookies and runs no analytics. GitHub may keep standard server logs; see GitHub's privacy statement.

Contact

Questions: privacy@homectl.ai, or an issue on GitHub.