This policy explains which cookies this site uses and why. It sits alongside our Privacy Policy, which covers personal data more broadly.
Cookies we set ourselves
These are strictly necessary for the panel to work. They cannot be switched off, and under the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations they do not require your consent.
silly_development_session keeps you signed in as you move between pages. It expires when your session does.
remember_web_ followed by a string of characters keeps you signed in between visits, so you are not asked for your password every time you return. It is removed when you sign out.
XSRF-TOKEN protects your account against forged requests from other websites.
sillydev_signed_in records only whether you are signed in (1) or not (0), never who you are. It lets us send you the right version of a page, and lets our public pages show "Dashboard" rather than "Log in" once you are signed in. It is set alongside your session and expires with it.
sillydev_referral is set only when you follow someone's referral link, and holds only their referral code, so that the signup form can fill it in for you. You can see it on the form and remove it before you sign up. It expires after 30 days and is not used for anything else.
sillydev_base64 is set only if you turn on the hidden joke that shows the panel's text in base64. It records only that the joke is on, and whether you have closed the notice about it. It lasts a year, and is removed when you switch back to English.
Storage in your browser
The panel also saves a few conveniences in your browser's storage: your console command history for each server, how the console last managed to connect, whether you chose to see every server on the dashboard, an unsaved draft of a file you are editing (kept only until you close the tab), the code language you picked in the API docs, when you last dismissed a review, upgrade, ad blocker or language prompt so that it is not shown again too soon, and which site announcements you have closed.
These stay on your device, are never sent to us, and exist only to remember choices you made. You can clear them at any time by clearing this site's data in your browser.
What our analytics does not set
We use Umami, self-hosted on our own servers, for website statistics. It is deliberately cookieless: it sets nothing in your browser, stores no identifier for you, and cannot follow you to other websites.
Third-party cookies
Google AdSense serves the advertising on our public pages and inside the panel, and may set cookies to measure ad performance and to limit how often you see the same advert. Where you have given consent, it may also use them to personalise adverts.
While Google reCAPTCHA is the captcha on our login, registration and password reset forms, it may set cookies to distinguish you from automated traffic.
While Cloudflare Turnstile is the captcha instead, Cloudflare may set cookies of its own as part of that check, to record that it was passed and to diagnose problems with it. They are used for security only, not for advertising.
These cookies are set by Google or Cloudflare, not by us, and are governed by their own privacy policies.
Your choices
Advertising cookies are not essential, and you can refuse or withdraw consent for them at any time without losing access to the service.
Use the consent controls shown when you first visit, which you can reopen at any time.
Adjust what Google may use at myadcenter.google.com.
Opt out of interest-based advertising across participating providers at youronlinechoices.com.
Block or delete cookies in your browser settings. Blocking our essential cookies will stop the panel from working.
Changes
If the cookies we use change, we will update this policy and the date at the top of this page. A new cookie that needs your consent will not be set until you have given it.