Sextant — Privacy Policy
Last updated: May 24, 2026
1. Summary
Sextant ("the app", "we", "us") does not collect, transmit, or store any of your data on our servers. We do not have servers.
The app runs entirely on your device and connects only to the Kubernetes clusters that you explicitly configure. Your credentials never leave your device.
Sextant is published by The IT Dept Pty Ltd (ABN 12 665 405 505), a company registered in Australia, under the BoringApps project (boringapps.net).
2. What Sextant stores on your device
• Cluster connection metadata (cluster name, server URL, namespace selection, UI preferences) is stored in your device's standard app storage.
• Cluster credentials (bearer tokens, kubeconfig passwords, client certificates, custom CA bundles) are stored in the iOS Keychain (or Android Keystore on Android). These never leave your device.
All of this data is removed when you uninstall the app.
3. What Sextant sends over the network
When you interact with one of your configured clusters, Sextant makes HTTPS requests directly from your device to that cluster's Kubernetes API server. The URL, the authentication credentials, and the request payload are all defined by your cluster configuration — not by us. We never see, intercept, or proxy this traffic.
The app makes no other network requests. There are no analytics requests, no crash report uploads, no licence checks, no update pings.
4. What we do not do
• We do not collect personally identifiable information.
• We do not use analytics or telemetry SDKs of any kind.
• We do not use third-party crash reporters.
• We do not track you across apps or websites.
• We do not sell, share, or process any data.
• We do not have user accounts.
• We do not run any backend service that the app talks to.
5. Verifying these claims
The Sextant source code is publicly available at github.com/boringapps-net/sextant under the Functional Source License (FSL-1.1-MIT). You — or anyone you trust to read code — can audit the entire app and verify that the statements in this policy are accurate. The README's "Why the source is here" section lists the specific files to look at.
6. Children's privacy
Sextant is a professional tool for software engineers and is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect any information from anyone.
7. Third-party services
Sextant does not integrate with any third-party services. The only network destinations the app communicates with are the Kubernetes API server URLs that you yourself enter into the cluster configuration.
8. Changes to this policy
If we materially change how the app handles data, this page will be updated and the "Last Updated" date above will change. Because Sextant doesn't collect or transmit data today, any change in that direction would be a substantive one and would be communicated in the app's release notes.
9. Contact
If you have questions about this policy or the app's behaviour, please contact:
Nick Pratley — The IT Dept Pty Ltd
Email: hello@boringapps.net
Web: https://boringapps.net/apps/sextant