Overview

To help make Sixth better for everyone, we collect usage data that helps us understand how developers are using our open-source AI coding agent. This feedback loop is crucial for improving Sixth’s capabilities and user experience. We use PostHog, an open-source analytics platform, for data collection and analysis. Our telemetry implementation is fully transparent - you can review the source code to see exactly what we track.

Tracking Policy

Privacy is our priority. By default, all collected data is anonymized. If you log in with a Sixth account, your telemetry data will be associated with your account to help us improve the product and provide better support when you encounter issues. Your code, prompts, and conversation content always remain private and are never collected.

What We Track

We collect basic usage data including: Task Interactions: When tasks start and finish, conversation flow (without content)
Mode and Tool Usage: Switches between plan/act modes, which tools are being used
Token Usage: Basic metrics about conversation length to estimate cost (not the actual content of the tokens)
System Context: OS type and VS Code environment details
UI Activity: Navigation patterns and feature usage
For complete transparency, you can inspect our telemetry implementation to see the exact events we track.

How to Opt Out

Telemetry in Sixth is entirely optional:
  • When you update or install our VS Code extension, you’ll see a message about our telemetry
  • You can change your preference anytime in settings
Sixth also respects VS Code’s global telemetry settings. If you’ve disabled telemetry at the VS Code level, Sixth’s telemetry will automatically be disabled as well.