Privacy
SakuraOS does not collect information about you or your computer. There is no account and no telemetry. Your computer does contact some servers on its own, mainly to check for updates; this page lists every one of them.
What SakuraOS collects
Nothing. No usage statistics, no crash reports, no hardware details and no identifier for your computer are sent to SakuraOS.
The only telemetry on the system belongs to KDE, which makes the Plasma desktop. It sends anonymous information about your hardware and which features you use to KDE, never to SakuraOS, and it is off unless you turned it on in the installer. You can change it in System Settings → User Feedback. KDE's privacy policy says what it collects.
Servers your computer contacts by itself
These requests contain no personal information, but like any internet request they show the server your IP address.
| What | Server | When |
|---|---|---|
| Check for updates to the system | Arch Linux mirrors, and repo.sakuraos.org | Nightly at 03:00 |
| Updates held back by SakuraOS's test machine | repo.sakuraos.org | Nightly, with the update check |
| Arch news about updates that need a manual step | archlinux.org | Nightly, with the update check |
| The current list of AUR packages known to be compromised | md.archlinux.org, Arch's notes server | Daily, unless Check for known compromised packages is off |
| Choose the fastest mirrors | archlinux.org and a selection of Arch mirrors | Weekly |
| Update Flatpak and Snap applications | Flathub and the Snap Store | Daily, if you have any |
| Check the internet connection works | ping.archlinux.org | Every few minutes while connected |
| Set the clock | arch.pool.ntp.org | While connected |
To stop the nightly update check, turn off automatic updates in SakuraOS settings. We do not recommend it: an out-of-date system is less secure.
Servers contacted when you use a feature
| When you | Server |
|---|---|
| Browse the App Store | Flathub, the Snap Store, and odrs.gnome.org for ratings and reviews |
| Search or install from the AUR, if you turned it on | aur.archlinux.org |
| Install or update certain AppImages | GitHub, where many AppImages are published |
| Write a review | odrs.gnome.org. Reviews are public, under the name you choose. |
| Add a weather, comic strip or picture-of-the-day widget, or wallpaper | The service it gets its pictures or forecast from, which you choose when you set it up |
Your web browser, and any application you install, has its own privacy policy. Zen, the default browser, is based on Firefox.
On your local network
Other devices on the same network, such as the people sharing your Wi-Fi, can see your computer's name, the one chosen during the install. The system answers when something looks that name up, and while you are logged in, KDE Connect announces the computer so that your phone can find it. Nothing is shared with a device until you approve it on this computer.
Turning off the connection check
The connection check lets the system notice captive portals, such as hotel Wi-Fi login pages. To turn it off, run the following in a terminal and restart:
printf '[connectivity]\nenabled=false\n' | sudo tee /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/20-no-connectivity-check.confLast checked against the SakuraOS release of 3 October 2026. If your system behaves differently from this page, the page is wrong: please report it.