Privacy Policy

1. Overview

OpenAITools.app (“we,” “our,” or “us”) operates the AI software directory and telemetry platform accessible at https://openaitools.app. We respect your privacy and are committed to transparent data practices. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and your choices regarding your data.

2. Information We Collect Automatically

OpenAITools.app is a public discovery index that does not require user registration to browse. When you visit our website, we collect minimal, privacy-preserving telemetry data:

Usage & Pageview Telemetry: We use PostHog (configured with Do-Not-Track respect, no session recording, and identified-only profiles) to measure aggregate page views, search queries, and outbound clicks to listed AI tools.

Language Preferences: We store a functional cookie (NEXT_LOCALE) to remember your preferred display language across visits.

Standard Server Logs: Our infrastructure records basic request metadata (such as browser user-agent, referring URL, and country-level IP geolocation) strictly for security, rate limiting, and operational reliability.

3. Third-Party Links & Affiliate Disclosure

Our directory indexes over 31,000 external third-party AI tools, browser extensions, and Discord communities. When you click an outbound link (“Visit Website” or “Open Live Site”), you leave OpenAITools.app and interact directly with that third-party service, which is governed by its own privacy policy and terms.

Some outbound links on OpenAITools.app may be affiliate or partner links (marked with rel="sponsored"). If you click an affiliate link and purchase a subscription or product, we may earn a referral commission at no additional cost to you. Our editorial rankings and traffic telemetry metrics remain independent and data-driven.

4. How We Use Information

To operate, maintain, and optimize directory search, rankings, and multi-language pages.

To understand which AI categories and tools are most useful to our visitors.

To detect and prevent automated abuse, scraping overload, or security incidents.

We do not sell, rent, or trade personal information to data brokers or third parties.

5. Your Privacy Rights (GDPR / CCPA)

Depending on your jurisdiction (including the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, and California), you have rights to access, delete, or restrict processing of personal data, and to opt out of analytics tracking by enabling “Do Not Track” (DNT) in your browser settings, which our analytics script honors automatically.

6. Contact Us

For privacy inquiries, data removal requests, or tool listing updates, please contact us at support@openaitools.app.