Privacy check: 5 of 8 local AI agents ship telemetry on by default
GapNew4766 · reddit · 2026-10-23
The author cloned 8 local AI agent repos and read their telemetry code on Oct 22, checking defaults, endpoints, and opt-outs. Result: 5 of 8 send usage analytics by default.
|Agent|On by default?|Goes to|How to disable|
|---|---|---|---|
|OpenCode|None|Nowhere|Nothing to turn off|
|goose|No, asks first|PostHog|GOOSETELEMETRYOFF=1|
|Atomic Agent|Yes|PostHog+Sentry|/privacy analytics off|
|Cline|Yes ("unset" = on)|PostHog/OTel|Settings; keys injected at build time|
|Codex CLI|Yes|Statsig+chatgpt.com|[analytics] enabled=false in config.toml|
|Crush|Yes|PostHog|Only one honoring DONOTTRACK|
|Kilo Code|Yes, GeoIP on|PostHog|KILOTELEMETRYLEVEL=off|
|Qwen Code|Yes|Alibaba Cloud RUM|settings.json toggle|
Notables: OpenCode's CLI has zero product analytics; Cline's released binaries differ from source; Kilo Code logs 26 event types with GeoIP explicitly enabled; Qwen Code sends 45 event types to Alibaba. Since only Crush respects DONOTTRACK, you need each tool's own switch.
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