Privacy, in plain English
Flowdrome runs on your machines. Your workflows, your credentials, and the data flowing through them stay there — they are never sent to us. This page lists exactly what does reach us, exactly what is in it, and who else touches it. No vague "we may collect" language.
Last updated 9 August 2026.
The short version
- Your workflows, credentials, and run data live only on your box — encrypted at rest, never uploaded to us.
- A licensed box checks in so we can run your license. That check-in carries a random install id, the version it's running, and a count of deployed workflows — nothing else.
- To buy a license you give us an email, and our payment processor handles the payment. We never see or store your card number.
- We don't sell your data, and we can't read what your workflows do.
What never leaves your machine
Flowdrome is self-hosted. The following stay on your own infrastructure and are never transmitted to us — we have no way to see them:
- Your workflows and everything in them.
- Your credentials, API keys, and variables — encrypted at rest on your box.
- The data flowing through your workflows, and every run's inputs, outputs, and logs.
- Your run history and metrics.
The database that holds all of this is encrypted on disk, so it can't be read by copying the file off the machine either.
What reaches us
Three things, and only these:
1. License check-ins
A licensed box calls home on a timer so we can keep your license valid and show you your own fleet. The exact contents are in the next section. An unlicensed (Free) box does not check in at all.
2. Your account & purchase
When you buy a license you provide an email address. The purchase itself is handled by our payment processor, which records what you bought, when, and the billing details it needs to charge you and handle tax. We store the email and a reference to the purchase; we do not store your card number or bank details — the processor does.
3. Anything you send us
If you submit a pack to the community, we keep the pack you submit and the email you verify with. If you contact support, we keep what you send. That's you choosing to send it.
Exactly what a check-in contains
When a licensed box checks in, this is the complete list of what it sends — there is nothing hidden underneath it:
| Field | What it is |
|---|---|
| Install id | A random identifier minted once on the box (e.g. host_7ae…). It is not your name, your machine's name, or a hardware fingerprint. |
| Version | The Flowdrome version the box is running (e.g. 2.12.0). |
| Deployed count | A number — how many workflows are deployed. Not their names, not their contents. |
| Timestamp | When the check-in happened. |
We do not record your IP address, and there is no telemetry beyond this. We use it to enforce your plan's limits, show you which of your boxes are online and on what version, and nothing else.
Who else touches it
We use a small number of processors to run the website and licensing. They handle data on our behalf; we don't sell anything to anyone.
- Payment processing — our Merchant of Record processes payments and handles billing, invoicing, and tax. Your card details go to them, not us.
- Email delivery — used to send your license keys and any message we send you.
- Website & license database hosting — the flowdrome.com site and the license check-in records run on managed hosting.
What we never do
- We never receive your workflow contents, credentials, or the data your workflows process.
- We never store your card number or bank details.
- We never record your IP address on a check-in.
- We don't sell your data or share it for advertising.
Keeping & deleting
We keep your account email and purchase reference for as long as you have a license, plus what we're required to retain for tax and accounting. Check-in records are kept so your fleet view and version history work. If you cancel, your box stops checking in. To have your account data removed, contact us and we'll delete what we're not legally required to keep.
Contact
Questions about your data, or a deletion request? Reach us through Flowdrome support. See also the licensing terms for how billing, cancellations, and refunds affect your license.