Downquill Privacy Policy
Effective: November 11, 2026. Publisher: Front Porch Puzzle Press ("we"). This policy covers Downquill, the Markdown app for Confluence Cloud.
Downquill shows Markdown as formatted content on Confluence pages, imports Markdown files as Confluence pages, and moves pages off the old "Render Markdown" Connect macro. It is built on Atlassian Forge and runs entirely on Atlassian's own infrastructure. We do not operate any server for Downquill, and we never receive your pages, your Markdown or your files.
What Downquill reads and changes
- Markdown blocks: the Markdown and display settings of each Downquill macro. Confluence stores them in the page itself, like any other page content. Your browser turns them into formatted content when someone views the page.
- The tools page, only when someone uses it: the list of spaces that person can see, a search for pages that use the old Markdown macro, and the content of the pages they choose to convert or create. Every one of these requests is made as that person, so Confluence's own permissions decide what they can see and change. Files chosen for import are read in their browser and sent straight to Confluence.
- License status: whether your site's Downquill subscription is active, as reported by Atlassian.
What Downquill stores
Nothing. Downquill has no database or app storage of its own, and it doesn't use cookies, analytics, tracking or advertising. Page content stays in Confluence. Atlassian's Forge platform keeps standard technical logs of app activity, such as timings and errors. Downquill does not write page content to those logs.
Images in Markdown
Downquill never makes a viewer's browser contact an outside website. If a page author includes an image with a web
address (for example ), Downquill does not load it. It shows a
labelled "External image — open link" placeholder instead, and the image's website learns nothing unless the
reader chooses to click that link. Images embedded directly in the Markdown as data are shown, because they need no
outside request.
Sharing
We don't sell, rent or share any data. Atlassian hosts and runs the app as part of its Forge platform. That is the only service involved.
Where data lives and how long
All content stays in your Confluence site, under your site's data residency settings. Remove a Downquill block or uninstall the app, and nothing remains with us, because we never held anything. The Markdown text stays in your pages even after uninstalling, so you can keep it or move it elsewhere.
Your choices and rights
Site admins can uninstall Downquill at any time from Manage apps. For any privacy question or request, email hello@frontporchpuzzlepress.com. Since we hold no personal data about you, there is usually nothing for us to export or delete. We will still confirm that in writing on request.
Changes
If this policy changes, we will post the new version here with a new effective date.
Contact: hello@frontporchpuzzlepress.com
Atlassian and Confluence are trademarks of Atlassian. Downquill is not affiliated with or endorsed by Atlassian.