Press record. Secrets hide themselves.

No — never. PixelHush only changes how your editor displays values. Your actual files on disk stay completely untouched. The real text is still there; you can still copy and use it normally. It just appears blurred on screen while recording is active.

Your code, files and secrets never leave your Mac: detection and masking run locally, and the app talks to the editor and browser extensions over localhost. What does go out: anonymous usage signals from the Mac app (TelemetryDeck — app launches, a daily "still running" ping, which recorder triggered masking), crash reports from the Mac app (Sentry, no personal data), and a license check every hour if you have Pro. Turn usage data and crash reports off anytime with Share Anonymous Usage Data in the menu bar.

Yes. Detecting recordings and hiding secrets never needs the internet. Pro re-checks your license when you're online and keeps working offline for 7 days after the last successful check (a year for Lifetime).

The macOS menu bar agent will remind you when it detects a compatible editor is open without the extension installed. You can also manually toggle hiding from the menu bar at any time — no extension required for manual mode.

Use the manual hotkey ⌘⇧H to toggle hiding instantly. You can also request support for your app — we add new recorders regularly based on user requests. Pro users get priority for new app integrations.

You move to the free plan. Nothing is charged — we never asked for a card. Auto-hide keeps working with ⌘⇧5, QuickTime, OBS, Zoom and Chrome screen sharing. Loom, Screen Studio, CleanShot X, Teams, Slack, Discord and the other Pro apps stop triggering it, and PixelHush shows a notice when one of them starts.

PixelHush isn't notarized by Apple yet. The install command and Homebrew handle the first launch for you. If you use the DMG, run this once in Terminal: xattr -r -d com.apple.quarantine /Applications/PixelHush.app

It's Mac only (macOS 13 or later). It doesn't mask the terminal — output in Terminal, iTerm or the VS Code terminal stays visible. .py, .ts and .js files aren't masked automatically; press ⌘⇧H. It reacts to recorder apps and share windows, not to pixels: if OBS or QuickTime is open, masking is on even before you hit record, and Zoom or Chrome sharing is picked up within a few seconds.

When recording starts, PixelHush automatically protects .env (and .env.*), .yaml / .yml, .toml, .sh / .bash, and config-style .json / .jsonc files such as config.json, secrets.json or credentials.json. Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, .ini and .properties files are matched by pattern but aren't part of the automatic recording flow yet — press ⌘⇧H to mask them manually. It detects API keys, tokens, passwords and connection strings — not just file extensions.