What stays on your Mac.

Everyday input is processed on your Mac.

Composition, candidate selection and personal word frequency are processed locally. AIME does not send pinyin strings, candidate lists or userdb over the network, or log input contents. Optional frequency statistics stay local. AIME contains no telemetry, crash reporting or third-party analytics SDK.

Vocabulary subscriptions use the network.

Catalog retrieval, vocabulary installation and updates, and public word-list subscriptions contact their sources. Each subscription updates daily, weekly or only manually; manual checks may request immediately. Network services generally see the IP address, request time and resource.

These requests do not include typed text, candidate lists or personal word frequency. Disabling subscriptions does not prevent using existing local schemas.

AI handles text you explicitly choose.

When you explicitly invoke polish, translation or a custom action, the target draft, selection or recently entered text is handled by your chosen model for that request, without logging it. A cloud model requires separate permission to send text.

The default is Apple’s on-device model, whose availability depends on your device, system settings and region (currently unavailable for mainland China devices and accounts). Otherwise, you can configure your own OpenAI-compatible endpoint (may be billed); that provider’s data handling and retention policy applies. AIME does not automatically fall back to the cloud. Simplified/Traditional conversion runs locally and needs no AI.

Snippets and statistics stay local.

Snippets are stored only on this Mac in an owner-only file. They are not added to vocabulary, synced, sent over the network or given to AI. The input method reads them only when you open the quick menu.

Typing statistics are off by default. When enabled, AIME keeps on this Mac character counts by time of day and by app, plus 2–8 character Chinese words with their counts; it never keeps full sentences. Input in password managers is not counted, the data never goes online or to AI, and you can clear it at any time.

Credentials and sync.

Custom API keys are stored in a local credentials file. If you enable sync or choose a directory such as iCloud Drive, the selected service handles those files. Use directories and services you trust.

Theme editor.

The theme editor runs entirely in your browser, uploads nothing and loads no analytics. Share links contain colors, layout, name, theme ID, author and format version. State stays in the URL fragment (hash), outside server logs, and in this browser’s local storage.

This website.

This site has no account system, advertising trackers or live AI requests. It uses Google Analytics to measure visits (page views, referrers, device types, processed by Google) and key clicks (which file was downloaded, which theme was installed or edited, GitHub visits) so we understand how the website is used; the theme editor loads no analytics. This concerns only the website, not the input method. Search runs in your browser; theme preference is stored in localStorage. Visits and downloads make HTTP requests, and the hosting provider may process necessary access logs.