Terms of Service

1. Who we are and what these terms cover

Obstat is run by Sweeney Creative Co., trading as SWE3WE ("we", "us"). You can reach us at hello@swe3we.dev.

These terms cover the Obstat desktop app, the website at obstat.app, the app list, the community chat and news, and any other Obstat service (together, "Obstat"). Our Privacy Policy explains how we handle personal data and is part of these terms.

By downloading, installing or using Obstat, or by creating an account, you agree to these terms. If you don't agree, don't use Obstat.

2. Who can use Obstat

You must be at least 13 years old. If you're under 18, or under the age of majority where you live, you need a parent or guardian's permission, and they agree to these terms for you. If you use Obstat for an organisation, you confirm you're allowed to accept these terms for it.

3. Third-party apps

Obstat helps you find, download, install and run software published on GitHub and elsewhere by people who have nothing to do with us ("third-party apps"). This includes apps on the Obstat list, any repository you paste in, and the tools those apps download (such as Python packages, AI models and other files).

• We don't write, own, sell, control or support third-party apps. Each one is offered by its own authors under its own licence, which you must follow.
• Third-party apps run on your computer with your user account's permissions. They can read, change or delete files, use your internet connection, use your graphics card and electricity, and download large files.
• You're responsible for deciding which apps to install and run, for what you do with them, and for anything you create with them.
• Some apps can generate images, audio, video or text, or copy voices or faces. You must have the rights and consent you need, and you must not use any app to break the law or hurt anyone.
• Some AI models have their own licences or terms of use (for example, non-commercial only). Following them is up to you.

4. What a review means

A "Reviewed" or "Reviewed and tested" badge means a person looked at the app's install and start scripts at one specific version, and (for "tested") ran it in a sandbox. It is not a security audit of the app's code, its dependencies or the models it downloads, and it is not a promise that the app is safe, legal, bug-free or fit for any purpose. Apps can change after review. When we notice that a reviewed repository has changed, we take it off the list until it's checked again, but we can't guarantee we'll notice every change straight away.

The sandbox test uses Windows Sandbox where it's available. It reduces risk but isn't perfect, and an app that behaves in a sandbox can still behave differently on your PC.

5. Your computer, your data and backups

Obstat creates its own folder on your computer, downloads programs into it (such as Python, Node and Git) and runs commands. Before using Obstat, back up anything you can't afford to lose. Don't run Obstat on a computer where losing data or a crash would cause serious harm, such as medical, safety-critical or industrial systems.

If you add API keys in Obstat, they're encrypted and kept on your computer, and passed to the apps you choose. An app you give a key to can use it, including in ways that cost you money with that key's provider. Only give keys to apps you trust.

6. AI agents and other tools

Obstat can open other tools, such as Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, VS Code or Cursor, and can let AI agents use your Obstat apps if you turn that on. Those tools are provided by other companies under their own terms. Anything an AI agent does on your computer is done by that tool on your instructions, and you're responsible for reviewing it.

7. Accounts and the community chat

You need a free account to post in the chat. You sign in with a code sent to your email address. Keep access to your email secure, because anyone who can read it can sign in as you.

When you post, you must not:

• break the law or encourage anyone else to;
• harass, threaten, bully or discriminate against anyone, or post hateful content;
• post sexual content involving minors, sexual content without consent, or any sexual or violent content in public channels;
• post someone else's personal information, passwords or keys;
• post malware, links to malware, scams, phishing or spam, or advertise without our permission;
• infringe anyone's copyright, trade marks or other rights;
• pretend to be someone else, including the Obstat team; or
• try to get around a ban, a rate limit or another safety measure.

You keep ownership of what you post. You give us a worldwide, free, non-exclusive licence to store, show and share it as part of Obstat, for as long as it stays on Obstat.

Messages are public and can be read by anyone. Other people's messages are their own views, not ours, and we don't check them before they appear. Messages that three people report are hidden automatically. We can remove any message, and suspend or delete any account, if we reasonably believe it breaks these terms or puts others at risk. To report something, use Report in the app or email hello@swe3we.dev.

You can delete your account at any time in Settings. That also deletes the messages you posted.

8. Submitting apps

If you submit a repository to the Obstat list, you confirm you're allowed to share the link and that, as far as you know, it isn't malicious. We decide what goes on the list, and we can remove anything at any time without giving a reason.

9. Things you must not do with Obstat

• Attack, overload, scan, scrape in bulk or try to break into Obstat's servers or other people's accounts.
• Use Obstat to spread malware or to harm other people's computers.
• Use Obstat's name or logo in a way that suggests we endorse you, or publish a changed version of the app as if it were the official one.

10. Our name and software

The Obstat name, logo and design belong to us. We give you a personal, free, non-exclusive licence to install and use the Obstat app. If we publish Obstat's source code under an open-source licence, that licence also applies to the code.

11. Changes, updates and availability

Obstat is free and in preview. We may change, pause or stop any part of it, including the app list and the chat, at any time. We try to keep it running but don't promise it'll always be available or free of errors. We may change these terms. If a change matters, we'll show it in the app and ask you to agree again; if you don't, stop using Obstat.

12. No warranty

To the fullest extent the law allows, Obstat and everything available through it, including third-party apps, reviews, badges, the sandbox and chat content, are provided "as is" and "as available", without any warranty or promise of any kind, whether express or implied, including any promise of quality, fitness for a particular purpose, security, accuracy or non-infringement.

13. Limits on our liability

Nothing in these terms limits or excludes liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or for anything else that can't be limited or excluded by law. If you're a consumer, you also keep your legal rights under consumer law (in the UK, including under the Consumer Rights Act 2015 for digital content).

Subject to that, and to the fullest extent the law allows:

• we aren't responsible for third-party apps, AI models, tools or websites, or for anything they do or produce, including loss or damage to your computer, files, data, accounts or keys;
• we aren't responsible for loss of data, loss of profits, revenue, business or opportunity, costs charged by API providers, or any indirect or consequential loss;
• we aren't responsible for loss you could have avoided by following these terms or reasonable advice, such as keeping backups; and
• our total liability to you for everything relating to Obstat is limited to £100.

Because Obstat is free and provided for personal use, if you use it for business, you agree we aren't liable for any business losses at all.

14. If you break these terms

If you use Obstat for business or professional purposes and your breach of these terms, or your use of a third-party app, causes us a claim, loss or cost, you agree to cover it. If you're a consumer, you're responsible for loss you cause us by breaking these terms only as far as the law allows.

15. Ending

You can stop using Obstat at any time by uninstalling it and deleting your account. We can suspend or end your access if you seriously or repeatedly break these terms. Sections 3, 4, 5, 12, 13, 14 and 16 keep applying after that.

16. General

These terms are the whole agreement between you and us about Obstat. If a court finds part of them unenforceable, the rest still applies. If we don't enforce a right straight away, we can still enforce it later. You can't transfer your rights under these terms; we can transfer ours to someone who takes over Obstat. Nobody else has rights under these terms.

These terms are governed by the law of Scotland, and the courts of Scotland have jurisdiction. If you're a consumer living elsewhere in the UK or in another country, you can also bring proceedings in your local courts and you keep the protection of the mandatory laws where you live.

Questions or complaints: hello@swe3we.dev. We'll try to sort things out with you first.