Skip to content
PrivacyFence

These pages describe PrivacyFence 4.6.1. Download it · What changed

PrivacyFence documentation

How to install, use, deploy and secure PrivacyFence. These pages describe PrivacyFence 4.6.1.

Install and first steps

  • Getting started — what you need, which install fits, your first approval, and troubleshooting shared by every platform.
  • Install on macOS, Install on Windows, Install on Linux — install, connect Claude Desktop and Claude Code, troubleshoot, uninstall. One page per platform.
  • Platform support — supported OS versions and architectures, where PrivacyFence keeps its data, logs, and start/stop commands.
  • Connecting a service — connecting Gmail, Slack and the other services from Settings, and what each connector status means.

Using PrivacyFence

  • How PrivacyFence works — the daemon, the companion app, how AI clients connect, and the privacyfence_* tools every client sees.
  • Approvals and policy — how requests are gated, approval cards, the PII check, "Always allow" and policy rules, the privacy filter, file previews and notifications.
  • Configuration reference — every settings.yaml key and every organization-bundle option, with its default.

Organization deployment and security

  • Organization deployment — deploy PrivacyFence centrally for an organization, including claude.ai as a client.
  • Security and compliance — trust boundaries, step-up authentication, privilege separation, audit integrity, and what PrivacyFence does not claim.

Connector setup

Registering the OAuth app (or bot) each service needs, for a local install or an organization bundle:

Reference appendices

Release history is in ../CHANGELOG.md.