Privacy Policy - Codex Pets

Overview

Codex Pets is a gallery for animated pet packages that work with the Codex app. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and what happens when you browse, install, like, or submit a Codex pet.

Information We Collect

Account information

If you sign in, we may store account details such as your name, email address, avatar, user ID, and profile settings. This lets you submit pets, manage your submissions, and access account pages.

Pet submission data

When you submit a pet, we collect the files and metadata needed to review and publish it, including:

pet.json
spritesheet.webp or spritesheet.png
ZIP package
Pet name, slug, description, tags, kind, and vibe labels
File hashes and visual fingerprints used for duplicate checks
Submission status, rejection reason, and review signals

If approved, the pet page, package URLs, creator credit, and public metadata may be visible to other users.

Usage data

We may collect basic usage information such as page views, searches, likes, installs, ZIP downloads, browser information, approximate request metadata, and timestamps. This helps us maintain the gallery, rank popular pets, detect abuse, and improve the site.

CLI data

If you use codex-petkit, we may process login tokens, device authorization codes, and CLI requests such as whoami, submit, or install-related calls. CLI tokens are used to connect your local CLI with your Codex Pets account.

How We Use Information

We use information to:

Run the Codex pet gallery
Let users install and download pet packages
Review, approve, reject, or remove submissions
Show install, download, and like counts
Help creators manage their pets
Respond to support and takedown requests
Detect duplicate, unsafe, abusive, or infringing submissions
Improve search, collections, and site reliability

Public Content

Approved pet submissions are public. This can include the pet name, description, tags, sprite preview, downloadable package, and creator credit if available.

Do not submit private, sensitive, or third-party content unless you have the right to share it publicly.

Storage and Third Parties

Codex Pets may use hosting, database, file storage, authentication, analytics, email, and infrastructure providers to operate the service. These providers process data only as needed to support the site.

Uploaded pet files may be stored in object storage and served publicly after approval.

Data Security

We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect account and submission data. No online service can guarantee perfect security, so you should avoid uploading sensitive files or secrets inside a pet package.

Your Choices

You can:

Edit or delete pets you submitted from My pets
Contact us about account or privacy questions
Ask us to review a published pet you believe should be removed
Use browser settings to manage cookies
Log out of the CLI to remove its local token