PathRenamerPrivacy
PathRenamer works on your computer. It has no ads, no analytics and no tracking, and it never uploads your videos. Here is everything it sends, and where.
Updated 2026-11-06
The app
| Service | When | What it gets |
|---|---|---|
| TVmaze | Matching TV shows and anime | The show name; season and episode numbers |
| Cinemeta (Stremio) | Matching movies | The movie title |
| AniDB | Matching anime | A download of its title list; anime ids for episode names |
| TheTVDB | Only for DVD, streaming or absolute episode order, with a TheTVDB key | The show name and its episode list request, with the key (and your subscriber PIN, if you entered one) |
| TMDB | Only if you add your own TMDB key | Movie and show titles, with your key |
| OpenSubtitles.com | Only when subtitles are downloaded | The title, season and episode, your languages, the video's OpenSubtitles fingerprint (a number made from its size and its first and last 64 KB), and your username and password if you entered them |
| Your media server (Plex, Jellyfin, Emby or Kodi) | Only if you connect one | Requests to scan the folders that changed, with the token, API key or password you entered |
| plex.tv | Only when you click Sign in with Plex | A sign-in code; you sign in on plex.tv itself |
| Polar | Only for Pro license keys | Your license key, your computer's name (so you can tell your computers apart when moving a license), and an anonymous ID for the computer: a scrambled number that can't be traced back to it, so a license only works on the computers it was activated on |
| GitHub | Once a day to check for a new version (you can turn this off under Settings → About), and when you update | A request for the newest version number; updates are downloaded from GitHub Releases |
Your settings, rename history and logs stay in %APPDATA%\PathRenamer on your computer (in Docker: the /config folder). Media server tokens and keys and the OpenSubtitles password are stored encrypted for your Windows account.
Buying Pro
Payments are handled by Polar as the seller of record: Polar collects your name, email and payment details to sell you the license and send your key, under Polar's privacy policy. PathRenamer never sees your card.
This website
This site uses no cookies and no analytics. It is hosted by GitHub Pages, which may log visitors' IP addresses for security; see the GitHub privacy statement. Downloads come from GitHub Releases.
Questions
Ask on GitHub.