Privacy
StorageScope is local-first. Scans run entirely on your Mac against folders you grant access to. The app does not contact a server to transmit your scan data.
What stays on your Mac
- Scan results, file names, paths, sizes, and modification dates.
- SHA-256 hashes computed for duplicate verification.
- Security-scoped bookmarks persisted to remember granted folders across launches.
- The persisted duplicate hash cache used to skip unchanged files on rescan.
What StorageScope does not do
- No upload of scan results, file names, paths, contents, or hashes.
- No analytics, usage tracking, advertising identifiers, or telemetry in the binary.
- No account, sign-in, or third-party SDKs that phone home.
- No silent permanent deletion — file actions go to macOS Trash and can be restored.
How folder access works
StorageScope is sandboxed. It can only read folders you select through the macOS folder picker or re-grant via security-scoped bookmarks. Bookmarks are stored locally and let the app re-open folders you previously approved without re-prompting on every launch.
Open source, verifiable
The entire codebase is available under the MIT License. You can read the scanner, the duplicate verifier, and the Trash mover before running anything. See the GitHub repository.