[josefcub]

My google-fu is failing me at the moment to cite sources, but here's an example ~/.config/crush/crush.json file (based on my own) showing the options to remove telemetry and provider auto updates, and the connection info to connect to a localhost model on an OpenAI-compatible endpoint:

{ "$schema": "https://charm.land/crush.json", "options": { "disable_provider_auto_update": true, "disable_metrics": true }, "providers": { "ollama": { "name": "Local Models", "base_url": "http://localhost:11434/v1", "api_key": "nunya", "type": "openai-compat", "models": [ { "name": "Qwen 3.5 Local", "id": "qwen-3.5-35b-planning", "cost_per_1m_in": 0.01, "cost_per_1m_out": 0.01, "context_window": 131072, "think": true, "default_max_tokens": 5120, "supports_attachments": true } ] } } }

...or not, thanks to formatting. I can't even search for help formatting this text box, because of HN's nature haha

[Ms-J]

That helps a lot being able to see an example, thanks!

I don't know why all of these tools make it so hard to find the info to disable the telemetry/spying it's not just this one.

Regarding the formatting, I have no idea haha but there is a small "help" button on the bottom right next to the comment. Yes yes, I'm sure it won't help much.

Alternatively, possibly asking an LLM might help. It was able to link me the other day to a comment between a user complaining to the mod about the posting cool down period. I was able to learn that it can be disabled per account.