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Privacy & terms

Privacy Policy

Effective date: June 14, 2026 · Last updated: September 10, 2026

Who we are

AI-Term and the AITerm macOS app ("AI-Term", "we", "us") are products of Vega LLC, United States. Questions about privacy? Email support@ai-term.com.

Information we collect

1. Information you give us

• Email address — if you join the launch/notify list or download the app behind an email form. Used to tell you about the launch and product updates. You can unsubscribe at any time from any email.
• Purchase & license information — if you subscribe, our payment processor collects your billing details. Our license service stores your purchase email, Stripe customer and subscription identifiers, a license-key hash, and activation records to issue and recover your license. We never see or store your full card number.
• Support correspondence — if you email us, we keep that message to help you.

2. Limited technical data

• Our website is served by GitHub Pages, which may log standard request data (such as IP address and browser type) for security and reliability. We do not combine this with your identity.
• License validation (Pro only): to keep your Pro subscription active, the app contacts our license server (a Cloudflare Worker) about once a month. It sends only your license key and an anonymous per-install identifier so we can validate your subscription and enforce your seat limit — never your terminal contents. Our server checks your subscription status with our payment processor. If your Mac stays offline for more than roughly six weeks, Pro pauses until the app can reconnect once.

3. What the app does not collect

• We do not receive your commands, command output, files, or AI prompts.
• The app contains no analytics or telemetry that reports your activity to us.
• Your API keys are stored only in your macOS Keychain on your device. They never touch our servers.
• Your free-trial status is tracked locally on your device, not on a server.

How AITerm handles your terminal data

AITerm is designed so your data stays under your control:

• Local models (Ollama): requests run entirely on your Mac and never leave it.
• Your own cloud key, or your Claude / ChatGPT subscription: requests go directly from your Mac to the AI provider you chose, on your own account. AI-Term is not a proxy and does not see that traffic.
• Secret redaction: before your request and the command and terminal text it sends go to a cloud model, AITerm scrubs obvious secrets (API keys, tokens, connection strings, private keys) from them; your system prompt is your own text and is sent as you wrote it.
• Anything you send to a third-party AI provider is also subject to that provider's privacy policy.

How we use your information

• To send you the launch announcement and product updates you asked for.
• To process your subscription, deliver your license, and provide support.
• To keep the service secure and to comply with legal obligations.

We do not sell your personal information.

Service providers we share data with

We use a small number of trusted providers, only as needed to run the service:

• Sender — email list management and delivery (stores the email you submit).
• Stripe Managed Payments and Link — payment processing, subscription management, receipts, and Merchant of Record services for new purchases.
• Lemon Squeezy — earlier purchases, subscriptions, and license validation during the transition.
• Cloudflare — license issuance, activation records, and license email preparation.
• Proton Mail — delivery of license and recovery emails, including the recipient address and message contents.
• GitHub Pages — website hosting.
• Your chosen AI provider (e.g. OpenAI, Anthropic) — only when you opt to use a cloud model with your own credentials.

Cookies

The marketing site does not set advertising or cross-site tracking cookies. An email form or embedded widget may set a cookie strictly to remember that you already submitted it. Our billing service uses short-lived, secure cookies to verify your purchase confirmation and license recovery. These are not advertising cookies.

Data retention & your rights

We keep your email for as long as you stay subscribed, and purchase records as long as required for tax and accounting. You may, at any time:

• Unsubscribe — use the link in any email, instantly removing you from the list.
• Access, correct, or delete the personal data we hold — email support@ai-term.com and we'll action it.

Depending on where you live (e.g. the EU/UK under GDPR, or California under CCPA), you may have additional rights; contact us and we'll honor them.

Children

AI-Term is not directed to children under 16, and we do not knowingly collect their data.

Changes to this policy

If we make material changes, we'll update the date above and, where appropriate, notify you by email.

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Terms

Terms of Service

Effective date: June 14, 2026

1. The agreement

By installing or using AI-Term (the ai-term command-line tool and the AITerm macOS app), you agree to these terms. If you don't agree, don't use the software.

2. License

The free command-line tool is provided for personal and commercial use at no charge. A Pro subscription grants you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use the AITerm macOS app and its Pro features on your own machines (up to the seat limit of your plan) for as long as your subscription is active. You may not resell, sublicense, or redistribute the software or your license key.

3. Free trial & subscriptions

The macOS app offers a 14-day Pro trial without a payment card. After the trial, Free features remain available; Pro features require an active subscription. Subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled; you can cancel anytime and keep access through the end of the paid period. Billing, refunds, and taxes are handled by Stripe Managed Payments for new purchases. Earlier Lemon Squeezy purchases remain managed through their original billing provider. Previously issued offline license tokens retain their existing validity and grace periods.

4. Acceptable use

AI-Term executes shell commands on your computer. You are responsible for the commands you run and approve. The safety gate and risk warnings are aids, not guarantees. Don't use the software for anything unlawful.

5. Third-party AI models

AITerm includes one default local AI model provided under a permissive open-source license (Apache-2.0). AITerm also lets you download and run additional AI models that you select from third-party model registries (such as Ollama) — from the in-app model picker or by running ollama pull yourself. Any such additional model is retrieved directly by you from the third-party source; it is not hosted, copied, distributed, sublicensed, or provided by Vega LLC, and we make no representation or warranty that it is appropriately licensed, lawful, or fit for any purpose. You are solely responsible for reviewing and complying with the license, terms of use, and acceptable-use policy of any model you download or run. Only the default bundled model is vetted by AITerm; all other models are clearly labelled as not vetted in the app and are used at your own discretion and risk.

6. Disclaimer & limitation of liability

The software is provided "as is", without warranties of any kind, express or implied. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Vega LLC is not liable for any indirect, incidental, or consequential damages, or for data loss, arising from your use of the software. Our total liability is limited to the amount you paid us in the prior 12 months.

7. Changes & termination

We may update these terms or discontinue features; material changes will be dated above. We may suspend access for violations of these terms.

8. Contact

Questions? support@ai-term.com.

This document is provided in good faith and reflects how AI-Term actually works. It is not legal advice. If your business has specific regulatory needs, have counsel review it.