Privacy
Last updated 16 July 2026
smallcord is built so there is almost nothing to have a privacy policy about: your file is handled entirely inside your own browser and never reaches us.
Your files are never uploaded
When you drop or choose a file, it is read locally by JavaScript running on your device to measure its size (and, in later versions, to compress it). The file is not sent to any server — there is no backend that could receive it. You can confirm this yourself: open your browser's developer tools, watch the Network tab, and select a file. You will see no upload request.
No accounts
There is no sign-up, login, or user account of any kind. We never ask for your name, email, or any other identifying detail.
Analytics: cookieless pageview counts only
The site loads one analytics script — a self-hosted GoatCounter instance we run ourselves at stats.dankdev.com. It counts an anonymous pageview when a page loads: the page's URL, the referring page, and coarse details your browser already sends (such as browser type and screen size) used only for aggregate totals. It sets no cookies, builds no profile of you, does not track you across other sites, and never sees or touches your file — analytics records a pageview, not your file. There is no advertising and no third-party ad or tracking network. The page also uses your browser's local storage for one thing only — remembering whether you chose the light or dark theme — and that value never leaves your device.
No third-party content
The page loads no fonts, scripts, ads, or resources from third-party content-delivery networks. The only off-page request is the pageview count sent to our own self-hosted stats.dankdev.com described above — everything else, including all the code that reads and measures your file, is served from smallcord itself. No outside advertising or tracking network sees your visit.
Server logs
Like almost any website, the web server that delivers this page may keep standard access logs (such as your IP address and the page requested) for security and reliability. Those logs are never linked to your files, because your files are never transmitted in the first place.
Contact
Questions about privacy can be raised through the project. Because we hold no personal data about you, there is nothing to request, correct, or delete on our side.