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title: Local-first Security
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description: How OrcaSheets keeps data local-first and under your control.
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# Local-first Security

**OrcaSheets is designed to run in a local-first way: you work on your machine, and your data stays under your control.**

For the authoritative, end-to-end description of what the product supports today, see the [Overview](/docs/overview).

## What to expect (high level)

- **Workflows run locally** on your machine, so heavy processing and Sheet interactions never round-trip through our servers.
- **Connectors talk directly to your sources**, so your data does not pass through an OrcaSheets middleman when you query a warehouse or database.
- **Your Projects stay local** by default, so you decide when and how to share them.

## Related pages

- [Access Control & SSO](/docs/access-control-sso)
- [Connectors](/docs/connectors)
- [Settings](/docs/settings)
- [Overview](/docs/overview)