PowerToys Command Palette privacy rating

Summary

PowerToys Command Palette scores 65 out of 100 (grade C) on the app launchers criteria. It meets 2 of 4 criteria: open source and no ads or data sales. It partly meets no trackers or telemetry. It does not meet independent audit. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act.

Score 65 out of 100. How scoring works

Criteria

• ✔Yes

  Open source ×3Weight 3 of 3

  Is all the source code needed to run the product public?

  MIT.

  github.com

• ◐Partial

  No trackers or telemetry ×3Weight 3 of 3

  Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?

  Diagnostic data in PowerToys is off by default. The documentation site on learn.microsoft.com loads Microsoft's own analytics.

  github.com

• ✔Yes

  No ads or data sales ×2Weight 2 of 3

  Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?

  Free and open source with no ads.

  github.com

• ✖No

  Independent audit ×2Weight 2 of 3

  Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?

  No independent audit is published.