Privacy Policy
Last updated: July 14, 2026
The short version: you can use stardew.build without an account, and your farm designs stay in your browser. If you sign in, publish a share, or send feedback, we store the minimum needed to make that feature work. There are no ads, and your data is never sold.
Who runs this site
stardew.build is a free, fan-made farm planner run by an independent developer. For anything about this policy or your data, email contact@stardew.build.
Designs stay on your device by default
Without an account, everything you build is stored locally in your browser (IndexedDB and localStorage): your builds, editor settings, and camera position. None of it leaves your device. Clearing your browser's site data deletes it.
If you sign in with Google
Sign-in is optional. It exists to sync your builds across devices.
- From Google we receive your name, email address, and profile picture. We never see your Google password.
- A session cookie keeps you signed in. Session records include your IP address and your browser's user-agent string, used to manage sessions and prevent abuse.
- Your builds sync to our database: each design, its name and farm layout, and edit timestamps. Deleting a build removes its contents immediately; a content-free deletion marker remains for up to 90 days so your other devices learn about the deletion, then it is removed too.
Shared farms
Publishing a share creates a public, read-only snapshot of that farm (the design, its name, and a preview image) at a stardew.build/f/ link. Anyone with the link can open it. Shares are excluded from search-engine indexing, but the link itself is public, so don't put anything private in a farm's name. Shares can't currently be deleted in the app; email us and we'll remove one for you. If you are signed in when you publish, the share is associated with your account.
Feedback
The feedback form sends us an email containing your message, the reply address you enter (or your account name and email if you're signed in), and your browser's user-agent string. We keep it as long as needed to handle the feedback.
Analytics
We collect aggregate visit statistics (pages viewed, country, browser type). This does not use cookies and does not track you across sites. If we are helping you debug a problem you reported, we may ask you to turn on temporary diagnostics that send us anonymous technical events; this never happens unless you opt in.
Cookies
A session cookie keeps you signed in, and a short-lived cookie is set only if you opt into the troubleshooting diagnostics described above. There are no advertising or cross-site tracking cookies.
Service providers
The site runs on standard cloud hosting, database, and email providers (plus Google for sign-in). They process data only to run the service.
Your choices
- Use the planner without an account at all.
- Delete synced builds in the app, and sign out at any time.
- Email contact@stardew.build to request a copy of your data, deletion of your account (this removes your account, sessions, and synced builds), or removal of a share.
Children
stardew.build is not directed at children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect personal information from them.
Changes
If this policy changes, the new version will be posted here with an updated date. See also the Terms of Service.