Privacy

Last updated: 26 October 2026

Solstice has no accounts, no analytics and no telemetry. The developers of Solstice don’t receive information about you or your browsing.

This page explains what Solstice, the web browser for Mac, sends over the network besides the pages you choose to visit, who receives it, and when. Websites you visit receive what any browser sends them, and their own privacy policies apply.

Updates

Solstice checks for updates by downloading an update feed from this website. Like any web request, the server hosting this website sees the request, including your IP address. Updates are signed by the developer.

Search suggestions

When you type in the address bar, Solstice sends what you type to your chosen search engine (Google, DuckDuckGo, Bing or Ecosia) so it can show suggestions. That search engine’s privacy policy applies.

• You can turn search suggestions off in Solstice’s settings.
• Suggestions are never fetched in Private windows.

Site icons

To show icons for websites in tabs, bookmarks and Favorites, Solstice fetches them from the websites themselves.

Safe Browsing

Warnings about phishing and malware sites come from the Safe Browsing protection built into WebKit and macOS. Those lookups are handled by WebKit and macOS, not by Solstice.

Password breach checks

Solstice can check whether a saved password has appeared in a known data breach, using the Have I Been Pwned service. Your password never leaves your Mac:

• Solstice computes the SHA-1 hash of the password on your Mac.
• Only the first 5 characters of that hash are sent to Have I Been Pwned, which returns a list of matching hashes. Solstice compares them on your Mac.
• This happens only when you run a check or save a password.

Saved passwords are stored in the macOS Keychain on your Mac. Viewing them in Solstice requires Touch ID or your Mac password.

Secure Proxy

Secure Proxy is off unless you turn it on. When it’s on, your browsing traffic in Solstice goes through the HTTPS or SOCKS5 proxy server you configure, usually one from your VPN provider. That provider can see the traffic a proxy normally sees, and its privacy policy applies. Solstice doesn’t operate any VPN or proxy servers.

The “Test connection” button asks api.ipify.org for the IP address websites see, so you can confirm the proxy is working. It’s contacted only when you press that button.

Data stored on your Mac

Your history, bookmarks, Reading List, open tabs, cookies and website data are stored on your Mac. Solstice doesn’t sync them to any server, including iCloud. Private windows don’t save history or cookies after you close them, and you can choose to clear history, cookies and tabs every time you quit.

Contact

Solstice is made by Paul Allan Mañacap (JPAM Studio). Questions about this page: [email protected]