Privacy Policy
Luxel is a free, open-source desktop app for controlling LIFX smart bulbs that runs on your own device. This policy explains what information Luxel handles, how it is used, and the choices you have. It applies to the Luxel desktop application and to this website, luxel.hyprlab.co. Luxel is developed by Hyprlab (“we,” “us”).
The short version
- Luxel runs locally on your device and talks directly to your bulbs over your own network.
- We operate no servers that receive, store, or process any of your data.
- We collect zero telemetry — no analytics, tracking, or usage reporting.
- There is no account to create with us, and the LIFX Cloud is strictly opt-in.
- We do not sell, rent, or share your data with anyone.
Information Luxel accesses
To function as a light controller, Luxel works with information about your lights. Depending on how you use it, this may include:
- Bulb state and identity — each bulb's label, group, network address, power state, color, brightness, and color temperature, read directly from the bulbs over your LAN so the app can display and control them.
- Your configuration — the rooms you assign, the scenes you save, and any subnets you list for discovery. This is stored locally on your device.
- An optional LIFX Cloud personal access token — only if you choose to enable cloud control. It is stored locally and used solely to talk to the LIFX Cloud API on your behalf.
All of this stays on your device. The app communicates only with your bulbs on your local network and — if and only if you opt in — with the LIFX Cloud API.
How Luxel uses this information
Information is used solely to provide the app's features that you initiate — discovering bulbs, showing their live state, and applying the power, color, brightness, and scene changes you make. It is never used for advertising, profiling, or any purpose unrelated to controlling your lights.
The LIFX Cloud (optional)
If you add a LIFX Cloud personal access token in Preferences, Luxel uses it to list and control your lights through the LIFX Cloud API — useful when local discovery can't reach them. That traffic goes directly from your device to LIFX's servers; we never see it. The LIFX Cloud is operated by LiFi Labs, Inc., and its handling of your data is governed by LIFX's own privacy policy. You can remove the token at any time in Preferences, and revoke it entirely from your LIFX Cloud account settings.
How your data is stored
- Rooms, scenes, and settings are stored locally in the app's configuration on your device.
- The optional cloud token is stored locally on your device and sent only to the LIFX Cloud API.
- None of this data is transmitted to us or to any third party we control.
Sharing and disclosure
We do not receive your data, so we have nothing to sell or share. Luxel does not send your data to any third party. If you opt into cloud control, your requests naturally travel between your device and the LIFX Cloud, whose own privacy policy governs their handling of them.
Data retention and deletion
Because your data lives on your device, you are in control of it:
- Delete a scene or room in Luxel to remove it from your device.
- Remove the cloud token in Preferences to stop all cloud communication.
- Uninstalling Luxel removes its locally stored configuration.
Telemetry
Luxel collects no analytics, no usage statistics, and no crash telemetry. The app does not phone home.
Children’s privacy
Luxel is not directed to children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time. Material changes will be reflected here with a revised “Last updated” date.
Contact
Questions about this policy or your privacy? Email [email protected].