Privacy Policy

What Evergreen does

Evergreen synchronizes your bookmarks across your own browsers and browser profiles, using a GitHub repository that you own and control as the storage backend. Chrome, Chromium browser, and Firefox builds use the same bookmark format and the same GitHub repository. There is no Evergreen-operated cloud service.

Data stored on your device

Evergreen keeps the following in your browser's local extension storage (chrome.storage.local), on your device only:

• Your GitHub personal access token
• Your repository settings (owner and repository name) and a display name you choose for the browser
• Sync state: timestamps, status, a change-detection token, and a cached copy of your bookmarks used to detect edits
• A short local log of recent sync activity

None of this is transmitted anywhere except as described in the next section. Uninstalling the extension removes it.

Data transmitted and to whom

Evergreen communicates with exactly one host: api.github.com, over HTTPS. It sends:

• Your bookmarks (titles, URLs, and folder structure), written to and read from the repository you configured
• Your access token, sent to GitHub solely to authenticate those requests
• Sync metadata stored inside your repository: the display name you chose, a browser and profile label, and a random instance identifier appear in the synced file and in commit messages, so you can tell which of your browsers made each change. Anyone with access to your repository can see this, so Evergreen suggests keeping the repository private.

There are no other endpoints. No telemetry, no crash reporting, no analytics, or update pings are sent to the developer or to any third party other than GitHub acting on your behalf. There is no Evergreen-operated cloud service.

Settings export

You can export your settings to a file for transfer to another browser. Your access token is included in that file only if you explicitly choose to include it at export time. Treat an export containing the token like a password.

What the developer collects

Nothing. Evergreen operates no servers and has no way to observe your usage, your bookmarks, or your identity. There is no Evergreen-operated cloud service.

Third parties

GitHub stores the repository you chose, under your GitHub account and their terms. See the GitHub Privacy Statement. Evergreen has no relationship with any other third party.

Removing your data

• On your device: uninstall the extension; the browser removes its local storage.
• In your repository: delete the bookmarks file or the repository itself. Note that, as with any Git repository, prior versions remain in the repository's history until the repository is deleted.

Permissions, plainly

• bookmarks: read and write your bookmarks for sync
• storage: keep settings and sync state on your device
• alarms: schedule the periodic background sync
• https://api.github.com/*: reach your repository, and nothing else

Changes to this policy

If Evergreen's data practices ever change, this page will be updated and the effective date revised before any new behavior ships.

Contact

Questions: ryan@coalescelabs.ai