Code signing policy
How Taskvane releases are built and signed, who can approve a release, and what the app does with your data.
Signing
Taskvane releases are not code-signed yet, which is why Windows SmartScreen warns about them on first run. We're applying for free code signing from SignPath.io, with a certificate by SignPath Foundation. Once that is approved, releases will carry this note:
Free code signing provided by SignPath.io, certificate by SignPath Foundation.
What gets signed
- Only files built from Taskvane's own source code:
Taskvane.exeand the installer. - Every release is built by GitHub Actions from a tagged commit in the public repository. Nothing is built or signed on a personal PC.
- Third-party components included in the download (LibreHardwareMonitorLib) are not signed with Taskvane's certificate. The PawnIO driver isn't included: users install it from its author's site, with its author's own signature.
- Each release is approved by hand before it is signed.
Team roles
- Committers and reviewers: Muhammad Ahsan. Pull requests from anyone else are reviewed before they are merged.
- Approvers: Muhammad Ahsan.
Privacy policy
This program will not transfer any information to other networked systems unless specifically requested by the user or the person installing or operating it.
Taskvane has no account, no ads and no telemetry. It opens a web page only when you click a link or choose "Search online" on a process. The one request it makes on its own is an optional update check: at most once a day it asks the public GitHub API for the latest Taskvane version number. That request carries no personal data or identifiers, nothing is downloaded or installed, and you can turn it off in Settings > Check for updates. Its user interface runs in Microsoft Edge WebView2, a part of Windows covered by Microsoft's privacy statement.
Changes to your system
Taskvane only changes system settings you choose: starting at sign-in, or always starting as administrator (a scheduled task). Each one is off until you turn it on, and the uninstaller removes Taskvane's tasks and files. Taskvane never installs drivers. For CPU sensors it points you to the PawnIO driver's own site; you can remove PawnIO from Settings > Apps.