Homelab Service Monitor Privacy Policy

Last updated: April 30, 2026

Homelab Service Monitor is a service monitoring app for your self-hosted homelab services and cloud API accounts. This policy explains what data the app uses, where it stays, and what it never does.

What Homelab Service Monitor does not do

• Homelab Service Monitor does not collect, transmit, or sell any personal data.
• Homelab Service Monitor does not include analytics, crash-reporting SDKs, or advertising frameworks.
• Homelab Service Monitor does not create or require a user account.
• Homelab Service Monitor does not track you across apps or websites.

What data the app stores, and where

Everything Homelab Service Monitor stores stays on your device or within your personal iCloud account:

• Service configuration (hostnames, ports, service types, display names) is saved on your device. When iCloud sync is enabled, this list is also stored in your personal iCloud Key-Value store so it can be shared across your own devices. It is never shared with anyone else and is only accessible by you.
• Credentials (API keys, usernames, passwords) are stored exclusively in the iOS/macOS Keychain. iCloud Keychain sync is enabled by default so that credentials are available across your own Apple devices. This sync is handled entirely by Apple's Keychain infrastructure under your personal Apple ID and is never accessible to Homelab Service Monitor's developers or any third party. Credentials are never stored in plain UserDefaults, iCloud Key-Value Store, or any Homelab Service Monitor-controlled storage.
• Status history and metric history are kept on your device only and are never synced to iCloud or any server.
• Notification schedules and alert rules are stored on-device only.

iCloud sync

Homelab Service Monitor uses iCloud in two ways, both scoped entirely to your personal Apple ID:

• Service list — service configuration (names, hostnames, ports, and service types) is stored in Apple’s iCloud Key-Value Store so it stays consistent across your own devices. iCloud sync can be disabled at any time in iOS Settings › Apple ID › iCloud.
• Credentials — API keys and passwords are stored in the system Keychain with iCloud Keychain sync enabled. This means credentials are available on all your signed-in Apple devices without Homelab Service Monitor ever seeing or transmitting them — Apple’s Keychain infrastructure handles the sync end-to-end.

Homelab Service Monitor does not have access to any iCloud data belonging to other users.

Network access

Homelab Service Monitor makes outbound HTTP/HTTPS/TCP connections exclusively to the service addresses you enter. These are connections from your device directly to your own infrastructure or the cloud APIs you configure (such as GitHub or Anthropic). No traffic is routed through any Homelab Service Monitor server because no Homelab Service Monitor server exists.

Self-signed certificates

For services running on your local network with self-signed TLS certificates, Homelab Service Monitor provides an opt-in "Allow self-signed certificate" toggle per service. This is disabled by default and only bypasses TLS validation for the specific host you enable it on. It has no effect on any other connection.

Background refresh

Homelab Service Monitor can check your services in the background using iOS Background App Refresh. These checks connect only to the service addresses you have configured and produce local notifications on your device. No data leaves your device as a result of background refresh.

Notifications

Homelab Service Monitor sends local notifications only (generated on your device). There is no push notification server. Notifications require your explicit permission and can be disabled in iOS Settings at any time.

Children

Homelab Service Monitor does not knowingly collect any information from anyone, including children under 13.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, the updated version will be posted at this URL with a revised date. Because Homelab Service Monitor collects no data, changes are expected to be minor and administrative in nature.

Contact

Questions about this policy can be sent to privacy@mohome.net.