FAQ
Is my data sent anywhere?
Section titled “Is my data sent anywhere?”No. kanade runs entirely on your machine. The hook appends events to a file, the daemon reads them, the UI renders them. The only network call kanade makes — and only if you’ve configured it — is to your local LLM endpoint for Yume’s narration. Yume sends aggregate counts and timestamps, never your code or your prompts.
The kanade website itself (kanade.jhinx.dev) is purely public marketing and the docs site you’re reading — neither knows you exist.
Does kanade have its own Claude account?
Section titled “Does kanade have its own Claude account?”No. Bring your own. kanade orchestrates the claude CLI that’s already on
your machine, with whatever auth that CLI already has. We don’t issue or store
credentials.
Why Windows only?
Section titled “Why Windows only?”We picked one platform to ship well first. macOS and Linux are not on the v1 roadmap, but the daemon is just FastAPI on Python and the UI is just SvelteKit in WebView2 — porting is mostly a packaging exercise (replace the Tauri shell’s Windows-specific bits). It will happen; just not in v1.
Can I run kanade headless / on a server?
Section titled “Can I run kanade headless / on a server?”Not yet. The Tauri shell needs a desktop. The daemon alone can run server-side in principle — it’s a FastAPI app — but the API surface is shaped around the desk having one user. A headless mode is feasible but not on the v1 roadmap.
What happens if I lose my Claude Code account?
Section titled “What happens if I lose my Claude Code account?”Nothing in kanade depends on a live account. The chronicle is local. Your ledger, skills counts, and past sittings stay readable. New sessions won’t start without auth, but existing data is yours.
How does kanade differ from Claude Code’s own dashboard / web UI?
Section titled “How does kanade differ from Claude Code’s own dashboard / web UI?”There isn’t one — that’s the gap kanade fills. Claude Code is CLI-first by design. kanade is the desktop shell some of us wished it had: chat-view above the terminal, the lanes you connect in one window, the chronicle written behind it.
Will the alpha auto-update?
Section titled “Will the alpha auto-update?”That is the plan. Kanade uses the Tauri desktop updater: when
https://kanade.jhinx.dev/updates/latest.json advertises a newer signed
Windows payload, an installed app can show an update banner, verify the
signature, install, and relaunch. The alpha is not publicly downloadable yet,
and the current update channel is for private maintainer verification rather
than a promise that users can install or update today.
Can I use kanade with a different LLM for Yume?
Section titled “Can I use kanade with a different LLM for Yume?”Anything that speaks the OpenAI chat-completions API works. LM Studio and Ollama are the two we test against. If your endpoint is OpenAI-compatible (local or remote), point kanade at it. Remote endpoints leave your machine — that’s a meaningful privacy difference. We strongly recommend local.
How do I report a bug?
Section titled “How do I report a bug?”Use the tracker or support channel configured for your build. In the kanade app, About -> Copy diagnostic info dumps your version, OS, relevant env vars, and recent warnings onto the clipboard; paste it into the issue body so the report has runtime proof without sending anything automatically.