Last updated May 2026.
The short version
- Your data stays with you.
- Your code, files, and packages stay on the device.
- The app goes online only when you tell it to — installing a package, pushing to Git, and the like.
Information Collection and Use
Everything you create in DevBox stays on your device. The app itself asks for no personal information and uses no third-party analytics or advertising services.
What stays on your device
This all lives inside DevBox's sandboxed storage on your iPhone or iPad:
- Project files, source code, and any media you add.
- Editor settings and your recent files.
- Packages you install with Composer, npm, or pip, and their caches.
- Local databases, like anything you set up in MariaDB through phpMyAdmin.
Data leaves the device only when you send it somewhere — pushing a Git commit, sharing a file, or exporting a database dump.
When the app connects to the network
DevBox connects only when you ask it to. Anything that goes out is something you started, for example:
- Installing packages with Composer, npm, or pip, which go straight to their public registry.
- Cloning, pushing, or pulling from a Git remote you set up.
- HTTP requests your own code makes when you run it.
What those third parties (GitHub, Packagist, npm, PyPI, and so on) do with the requests is up to their own policies. The traffic goes straight to them and back.
Permissions DevBox might ask for
The app asks only when it actually needs to:
- Files / Folders — to open projects from outside the app.
- Local Network — so the preview can reach the dev server on your own device.
- Photos / Camera — only if you bring an image into a project.
You can change any of these in Settings → DevBox whenever you want.
The AI assistant
When you use the AI assistant, your prompt and the code you picked go to whichever AI provider is set up. DevBox passes them straight through and keeps nothing itself, though the provider has its own policy, so check theirs if you're unsure.
Children
DevBox is made for developers and is intended for ages 13 and up. Whatever someone's age, we collect no personal information from anyone.
Changes to this policy
If we change something that matters, we'll update the date above and note it in the app or on this page. Using the app after a change means you accept it.
Questions
If anything here needs clearing up, contact us.