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Terms of Service

Effective 13 October 2026 · Last updated 14 October 2026

The short version. These terms cover the website, email updates, downloads, email and the feedback service. Use them lawfully and don't abuse them. They're provided free and “as is” by one person, and my liability is limited as far as the law allows. The desktop app itself, including the Free and Pro plans, is covered by the End User License Agreement. Pro is sold by Polar, as the merchant of record.

1. About these terms

Seqora is a personal project, not a company. It is built and run by one individual, Ayushman Gupta, based in Hyderabad, Telangana, India (“I”, “me”). These Terms of Service (the “Terms”) apply to the website at seqora.dev, email updates, release downloads, email sent to or from seqora.dev addresses, the feedback service, the licence service the app uses for Pro, and any other online service I run for Seqora (together, the “Services”).

By using the Services you accept these Terms. If you don't, please don't use them. Your use of the Seqora desktop app is governed by the End User License Agreement (“EULA”), and the Privacy Policy explains how personal data is handled.

2. Who can use the Services

You must be at least 18 years old and able to enter into a binding contract. If you use the Services for an organisation, you confirm that you are authorised to accept these Terms for it.

3. Email updates and Pro

You can sign up to get news and updates about Seqora by email. Only add an email address that you own or are allowed to use. You can leave the list at any time. I may stop sending updates at any time.

The Seqora desktop app has two plans. Free costs nothing, needs no account, and may be used for any purpose, including paid work. Pro is a subscription sold by Polar Software Inc. (“Polar”) as the merchant of record. Polar runs the checkout, takes your payment, adds and pays any tax, sends your receipts, processes refunds and runs the customer portal, and its own terms also apply to your purchase.

Pro costs $99 a year or $9.99 a month, in US dollars before tax, with any local tax added at checkout. A subscription started on or before 31 December 2026 costs $49 a year or $5.99 a month for as long as it renews without a break. The trial lasts 14 days, needs a payment card and is once per person. A full refund is available within 14 days of your first payment and of any yearly renewal.

Section 11 of the EULA sets out the full terms for the plans, payment, renewal, cancellation, the trial, refunds, devices and what happens when Pro ends. The pricing page shows what each plan includes.

4. Acceptable use

You must not:

use the Services for anything unlawful, fraudulent or harmful;
attack, probe, scan, overload or disrupt the Services, or try to access any part of them you are not meant to;
get around Turnstile or any other protection, or use bots, scripts or automated tools to sign up, submit feedback or scrape the Services;
send malware, spam, or content that is illegal, abusive, or infringes anyone else's rights;
impersonate anyone, or misrepresent your connection to anyone.

5. Downloads

Download Seqora only from seqora.dev or through the app's own updater. Copies from anywhere else may have been tampered with. Your use of anything you download is governed by the EULA.

6. Feedback and messages

You are responsible for what you send me through email or the feedback service. Don't include passwords, confidential information or anyone else's personal data. If you send ideas, suggestions or bug reports, you give me a free, worldwide, perpetual and irrevocable right to use them for any purpose, without owing you anything. I read what I receive, but I can't promise to reply to or act on every message.

7. Intellectual property

The website, its text, design and graphics, and the Seqora name and logo belong to me. You may link to seqora.dev and refer to Seqora by name, but you may not use the logo or name in a way that suggests I endorse or am connected with you or your product without my permission.

8. Third-party services

The Services rely on providers such as Cloudflare, Umami, Resend, Google, Sentry, GitHub and Polar, listed in the Privacy Policy. Links on the site may take you to other websites. I don't control those services or sites and am not responsible for them; their own terms and policies apply.

9. Availability and changes

The Services are provided free of charge, and I offer no service level or uptime commitment. I may change, suspend or stop any part of them at any time, with or without notice.

Pro does not depend on the licence service at seqora.dev being up. If it is unavailable, Pro keeps working, and only the automatic pickup of a new licence key and the subscription details shown in the app wait until it is back. You can always paste your key instead.

10. No warranty

THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, I DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, SATISFACTORY QUALITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT AND ACCURACY, AND ANY WARRANTY THAT THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, SECURE OR FREE OF HARMFUL COMPONENTS.

11. Limitation of liability

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW:

I WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF DATA, PROFITS, REVENUE, BUSINESS OR GOODWILL, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SERVICES OR THESE TERMS;
MY TOTAL LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SERVICES OR THESE TERMS WILL NOT EXCEED USD 50 (OR ITS EQUIVALENT IN YOUR LOCAL CURRENCY);
THESE LIMITS APPLY WHATEVER THE LEGAL THEORY, WHETHER CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STRICT LIABILITY, STATUTE OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF I WAS TOLD THE DAMAGE WAS POSSIBLE.

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits any liability that cannot be excluded or limited by law, such as liability for fraud, for death or personal injury caused by negligence, or for wilful misconduct, or takes away rights you have as a consumer under the mandatory laws of the place where you live. Where the law does not allow a limit to apply in full, it applies to the greatest extent the law allows.

12. Indemnity

To the extent the law allows, you agree to defend and compensate me for any claims, losses, liabilities, damages and costs (including reasonable legal fees) brought by a third party and arising from your use of the Services, what you submit through them, your breach of these Terms, or your violation of any law or anyone else's rights. This does not apply to the extent a claim is caused by my own fraud or wilful misconduct.

13. Suspension and termination

I may block your access to the Services, remove you from the email list, or refuse feedback from you if you break these Terms or if I reasonably need to protect the Services or other people. You can stop using the Services at any time and ask me to delete your data as described in the Privacy Policy. Sections 6, 7 and 10 to 16 continue to apply after your use ends.

14. Governing law and disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of India. If you have a problem, please contact me first; we will both try in good faith to resolve it informally within 30 days. If that fails, the courts at Hyderabad, Telangana, India have exclusive jurisdiction, except where the mandatory consumer laws of the place where you live give you the right to bring a claim in your local courts.

15. Changes to these terms

I may update these Terms. The updated version will be posted on this page with a new date and applies from then on. If a change is significant, I will make a reasonable effort to tell people on the email list. If you keep using the Services after a change, you accept the updated Terms.

16. General

Entire agreement. These Terms, the EULA and the Privacy Policy are the whole agreement between us about the Services.
Severability. If any part is found unenforceable, it is changed only as much as needed to make it enforceable, and the rest stays in effect.
No waiver. Not enforcing a term right away does not mean I give up the right to enforce it later.
Assignment. You may not transfer these Terms. I may transfer them, for example to a company I form to run Seqora or to anyone who takes over the project.
Events beyond my control. I am not responsible for delays or failures caused by events outside my reasonable control.

17. Contact

Questions about these Terms go to hello at seqora dot dev. Legal notices to me must be sent to that address by email.