This page covers cookies and similar technologies, including your browser’s local storage. Read it with the privacy policy.
The short version
The site keeps your favourites and your analytics choice in your browser’s local storage. Cloudflare may set security cookies. Where analytics is available, Google Analytics sets cookies only after you choose Accept.
Strictly necessary storage
These items are needed for features you ask for or to protect the site, so they do not need your consent.
| Name | Type | Set by | Purpose | Lifetime |
|---|---|---|---|---|
arh:favs |
Local storage | This site, when you save a favourite | Keeps your list of favourite repositories | Until you remove your favourites or clear this site’s data |
arh:consent |
Local storage | This site, when you accept or decline analytics | Remembers whether you accepted or declined analytics | Until you change your choice or clear this site’s data |
__cf_bm |
Cookie | Cloudflare, only if its bot protection is active | Tells people from bots | 30 minutes |
cf_clearance |
Cookie | Cloudflare, only after you pass a security check | Records that you passed the check | Short, set by Cloudflare’s security settings |
| Turnstile data | Cookies or local storage, if any | Cloudflare Turnstile, on the contact page only | Tells people from bots before a message is sent | Set by Cloudflare |
Local storage stays on your device. It is not sent to our server, and we cannot see your favourites.
Cloudflare describes its cookies in its cookie policy and Turnstile in its Turnstile privacy addendum.
Optional analytics cookies
These cookies are set only if you choose Accept. We keep analytics off in the European Economic Area, the UK and Switzerland, and when your region is unknown.
| Name | Type | Set by | Purpose | Lifetime |
|---|---|---|---|---|
_ga |
Cookie | Google Analytics, only after you accept | Tells one visitor from another so visits can be counted | 2 years |
_ga_ followed by the site’s measurement ID |
Cookie | Google Analytics, only after you accept | Keeps track of the current session | 2 years |
Changing your choice
- Analytics: where analytics is available, use the “Cookie settings” link in the footer to change your choice at any time. Choosing Decline stops Google Analytics on the page and deletes its cookies.
- Favourites: remove them on the site, or clear this site’s data in your browser.
- Everything else: your browser settings let you block or delete cookies and stored data for this site. If you block local storage, favourites last only until you leave the page.
Changes to this policy
When what the site stores changes, this page and the “Last updated” date at the top change with it.