Protected
- Melo never sends your questions
- Chats never leave your computer
- Personal questions out of AI history
- No account, no tracking
- Client details masked (Business)
Trust you can check.
What happens on your device and in your browser, what we protect and what we don’t, and how to check it yourself.
The Melo app
What happens on your device
AI on your device
On a Mac, Melo uses Apple’s AI. Your questions don’t go to Kamelo or Apple. No server, no account.
Gone when you close Melo
Chats aren’t saved. Only About you stays, encrypted with your device’s key.
Turn off Wi‑Fi
Melo keeps answering. The app’s code isn’t public; the browser extension’s is.
Melo for your browser
What happens in your browser
- You type
In any AI chat.
- Kamelo checks
On this computer.
- You choose
Melo or a temporary chat.
- Melo answers
Here. Nothing is sent.
Kamelo’s servers
None. Nothing to log.
The AI company
Only gets what you send it.
Melo, a temporary chat or a normal chat
Stays on your computer
- Nobody receives it, not even Kamelo
- Gone when you close it
- Never used for training
- No account
Sent, kept for a while
- The AI company receives it
- Kept for up to 30 days
- Not used for training
- Linked to your AI account
Sent and saved
- The AI company receives it
- In your history until you delete it
- Often used for training
- Linked to your AI account
Temporary chats differ per AI service; this is how ChatGPT handles them.
What Kamelo protects, and what it doesn’t
Not protected
- Your AI account knows it’s you
- What you send, the AI gets
- Temporary chats: kept up to 30 days
- The word list can miss things
- Not on phones or tablets yet
- Melo app: code not public
- No outside audit yet
Check it yourself
Read the code
Melo for your browser is open source, AGPL-3.0. What’s on GitHub is what runs.
Source codeWatch the network
In your browser, the Network tab shows Kamelo sends nothing. In the app, turn off Wi‑Fi: Melo keeps answering.
See every permission
What Kamelo reads, and why.
Security in detailOfficial downloads
The Melo app comes only from the App Store, and later from Google Play. The browser extension comes only from these stores:
| Store | Extension ID |
|---|---|
| Chrome Web Store | ijmapnnfbjdkldjljobgadjfoabpgjoj |
| Microsoft Edge Add-ons | kjjenbhncoomobcdpbhljmhfcmanhbkj |
| Firefox Add-ons | kamelo@kamelo.eu |
What works where
| Browser | Notices personal questions | Suggests a temporary chat | Melo on your computer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Yes | Yes | Yes, on a capable computer |
| Edge | Yes | Yes | Not yet |
| Firefox | Yes | Yes | Not yet |
| Safari, phones and tablets | No | No | No |
What Melo in Chrome needs
- Chrome on Windows 10 or 11, macOS 13 or newer, Linux or a Chromebook Plus
- A graphics chip with more than 4 GB of video memory, or 16 GB of RAM and 4 CPU cores
- 22 GB of free space
- Not on a phone or tablet yet, and not in Edge, Firefox or Safari
The first time
- Chrome downloads its AI once: about 4 GB
After that
- Works with Wi‑Fi off
- Chats stay on your computer
- Less capable than ChatGPT
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Last updated 17 October 2026