Transparency & Data Practices

Privacy Policy & Terms

Accurate documentation of how Ember Universal Launcher handles your data locally on your PC, directly matching the policies shipped inside the desktop application.

Official Desktop Policy

Ember Launcher — Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 28, 2026

The short version

Ember Launcher runs on your PC and keeps your data on your PC. There are no accounts, no analytics, no ads, and no tracking.

What Ember stores

Your game library (names, file paths, launch settings, groups), cover images you choose, your play sessions (start and end times), and your theme, overlay, startup, and consent choices. All of it is saved locally in %APPDATA%ember-launcher and is never uploaded.

How playtime and performance are detected

To know when a game is running, Ember reads the file paths of running processes on your computer. When the optional performance overlay is enabled, Ember reads local hardware utilization and temperature sensors on your PC. This happens locally. Ember does not record, store, or send the list of your other programs or hardware telemetry.

Network use

In the desktop application, the only network activity is checking GitHub for new versions and downloading updates from GitHub Releases. On this official website, your browser requests release metadata and installer downloads directly from the GitHub Releases API (api.github.com and github.com). Like any standard web request, this lets GitHub see your IP address and standard request headers under GitHub's own privacy statement. Ember sends no information about you, your games, or your playtime.

Your control

You can edit or remove any game inside the app. To erase everything stored by the desktop launcher, uninstall Ember and delete the %APPDATA%ember-launcher folder.

Changes and contact

If this policy changes, the new version ships with an update and the date above changes. Questions or issues can be submitted via GitHub: https://github.com/laggzilla16/ember-universal-launcher/issues ↗

Ember Launcher — Terms of Service

Last updated: October 28, 2026

1. Using Ember

Ember is a free tool for launching games and tracking how long you play them. By using it you agree to these terms. If you do not agree, please do not use it.

2. Play fair: use games you own

Ember works with games you have bought from any platform or store (Steam, Epic, GOG, Xbox, EA, Ubisoft, itch.io and others), standalone installers, and emulators running copies you legally own. Ember does not provide, find, share, or unlock games and does not bypass copy protection. You are solely responsible for the files you add to Ember and for following the laws and licence terms that apply to you.

3. Your content

Games, trademarks, and artwork shown in Ember belong to their respective owners. Cover images are chosen by you, so make sure you are allowed to use them.

4. No warranty & Limitation of liability

Ember is provided “as is” without warranties of any kind. Playtime is detected by watching processes, so it may be slightly inaccurate. To the extent allowed by law, the authors are not liable for any damages arising from your use of Ember.