Your reading content stays on your Mac.

Last updated: August 2026

MLXRead reads selected text with an on-device model. Selected and spoken text is never transmitted, stored by the website, or included in a problem report. Networked support and delivery surfaces handle only the information described below.

The app

Selected text is held in memory only while it is being read, and is never written to disk.
Selected text is never logged. The app's logs record lengths and timings only — never content.
There is no analytics, no crash-reporting SDK, and no account.
Synthesis runs in-process on your Mac's GPU. Selected text is never transmitted anywhere.
Network use is limited to model and pronunciation assets, configured update checks, and problem reports you explicitly send. Local reading works offline after required assets are cached.
When a release update feed is configured, Sparkle uses HTTPS and verifies each update's EdDSA signature before installing. Source builds with placeholder feed settings keep updates inactive.

This website

This site sets no cookies and runs no analytics or trackers.
It is served from Cloudflare, which may process standard request metadata such as IP address for security and delivery under Cloudflare's policies. The site adds no analytics or behavioral tracking.
If you use the support form, its name, email, topic, message, and standard request metadata are delivered to the maintainer. Do not paste selected or spoken text into the form.
The download links point to GitHub Releases; downloading is subject to GitHub's policies.

Problem reports

An in-app report sends the email and description you enter, app and Mac diagnostic metadata, and recent MLXRead logs. It never reads or includes selected or spoken text.
The delivery service stores report bundles behind high-entropy bearer links. Anyone who obtains a link can retrieve that bundle; the current service does not assert automatic deletion.

Contact

Questions? The project is open source — open an issue on GitHub.

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