Your data
What Newen keeps on your computer, where, and every request it makes to the network.
Newen keeps everything on your computer. It has no account, no server of its own and no telemetry: the only addresses it calls are listed below.
Where it keeps things
Section titled “Where it keeps things”| Linux | Windows | macOS | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Data | ~/.local/share/newen ($XDG_DATA_HOME) |
%LOCALAPPDATA%\newen |
~/Library/Application Support/newen |
| Settings | ~/.config/newen ($XDG_CONFIG_HOME) |
%APPDATA%\newen |
~/Library/Application Support/newen |
In the data folder:
| Path | What |
|---|---|
newen.db |
Sessions and their conversations (SQLite) |
pictures/ |
Images tools returned and images you pasted, a folder per session |
snapshots/ |
The shadow git repositories behind undo, one per folder |
browser/, chromium/ |
The built-in browser’s profile and caches |
logos/ |
Logos of connectors, plugins and providers, looked up as needed |
avatars/ |
Your GitHub avatar |
tools/ |
The GitHub CLI, if you asked Newen to install it |
whats-new/ |
Release notes and their pictures |
codecs/ |
Cisco’s OpenH264, only if you turned on videos in What’s new |
updates.log |
The last 200 lines of update activity |
app/ |
The installation (Linux) |
In the settings folder: settings.json, and extensions.json with skills/ beside it for the connectors and skills you gave to all agents.
Secrets (connector keys and secret headers) go to the system keychain, under the service newen: Secret Service on Linux, Keychain on macOS, Credential Manager on Windows. settings.json only records that a value is secret.
Newen never writes the agents’ own files. What an agent keeps (its sign-in, its transcripts, its settings) stays in the agent’s folders.
Storage shows how much each part takes and frees what is no longer used.
What Newen sends
Section titled “What Newen sends”| Request | When | Turn it off |
|---|---|---|
github.com/Niiihuel/newen/releases |
Checking for updates: 20 seconds after start, every 4 hours, on focus or wake when the last check is over an hour old | Not in Settings; a build from source never checks |
api.svgl.app, then the server’s own site (/apple-touch-icon.png, /favicon.ico) or models.dev/logos |
Looking up a logo the first time it is shown, by name | Settings › General › Logos of connectors and plugins |
registry.modelcontextprotocol.io |
Searching connectors | Do not search |
avatars.githubusercontent.com, GitHub’s API through gh |
Your avatar and profile, with GitHub connected | Disconnect in Settings › Accounts |
github.com/cli/cli/releases |
Only when you ask Newen to install gh |
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ciscobinary.openh264.org |
Only after you turn on Play videos in What’s new | The same switch (off deletes the codec) |
The agents’ own traffic is the agents’: Newen does not see or proxy it. The built-in browser loads the pages you or the agent open.