Terms of Use

These Terms cover your use of CARAPACE — the Linux installer, the website at carapace.info, the macOS application (distributed as Carapace-*.dmg), and the iOS application (distributed through the Apple App Store) — together, the "Software."

By installing, downloading, running, or using any part of the Software, you agree to these Terms. If you don't agree, don't use it.

1. No warranty

2. Your responsibility

You are solely responsible for:

• the security of any system on which you install, run, or use the Software (including physical and network access, OS updates, firewall, SSH, and remote-access configuration — including Tailscale, which we recommend but do not operate);
• your API keys and any charges those keys incur with third-party AI providers or hosting companies;
• the data you process with the Software, and for backups;
• evaluating AI output before relying on it — models can be wrong.

The Software is designed so conversations and agent data stay on hardware you control. That also means: if your server disappears, so does your data. We don't have copies.

3. Limitation of liability

This includes — without limitation — any liability for data breaches, privacy incidents, credential or API-key compromise, data loss, or any other security event affecting your systems or data.

Some jurisdictions don't allow certain limitations of liability. In those jurisdictions the above applies only to the extent permitted.

4. Third-party services

The Software works with third-party services (Tailscale, Cloudflare, Apple, your hosting company, and the AI provider you choose to configure on your OpenClaw gateway). Those services are operated by their owners under their own terms, and we're not responsible for their availability, pricing, security, or the charges you incur with them.

5. In-app purchases (iOS)

The iOS application offers optional one-time, non-subscription in-app purchases that unlock how many gateways a single iPhone can pair with simultaneously:

• Solo — free, 1 gateway. No purchase required.
• Household — $4.99, 5 gateways.
• Power — $7.99, 10 gateways. First in line (first 500) for the Meta Ray-Ban beta, targeting later this year. Glasses support is pending Meta opening third-party SDK access; CARAPACE has no partnership with Meta and cannot guarantee the SDK will be released on any specific timeline, or at all. The IAP remains fully valuable for gateway pairing independent of glasses support.
• Corporate — $24.99, 50 gateways. First in line (first 500) for the Meta Ray-Ban beta, targeting later this year. Glasses support is pending Meta opening third-party SDK access; CARAPACE has no partnership with Meta and cannot guarantee the SDK will be released on any specific timeline, or at all. The IAP remains fully valuable for gateway pairing independent of glasses support.

If you already own a lower paid tier, the app may offer an upgrade purchase for the difference instead of asking you to buy the full higher tier again. Promotional codes and free unlocks are still handled by Apple, and the app honors the highest valid entitlement Apple reports.

All in-app purchases are processed by Apple and are:

• Non-consumable. Once purchased, the unlock persists on your Apple ID across re-installs and device upgrades.
• Family-shareable. Your device-tier unlock can be shared across your Apple Family group at no extra cost.
• One-time. There is no recurring charge. You are not on a subscription.
• Not refundable by us. Refund requests must be made through Apple at reportaproblem.apple.com. We don't process payments and cannot issue refunds directly.

We do not guarantee that device caps, pricing, or the mapping of tiers to gateway limits will remain unchanged forever. If we materially change the tier structure in a future version, we'll grandfather in existing purchasers so that what you bought keeps working at least as well as the day you bought it.

Mac & Linux: free, permanently. The macOS application (Carapace-*.dmg) and the Linux installer (install.sh from carapace.info) are and will remain free to download, install, and run — with no device cap, no login, no required subscription. This is a permanent commitment, not a promotional window. Section 10 ("Changes") does not give us the right to walk this back: no future update of these Terms can introduce a paywall, device limit, time-limited trial, or mandatory login to the macOS app or the Linux installer. Revenue is earned exclusively through the iOS app's optional in-app purchases.

6. Privacy

We don't run a cloud for your conversations. Your prompts, voice, and camera frames travel directly between your iPhone and the gateway you operate — not through us. See the full Privacy Policy for details on what we do and don't collect, and how the iOS app handles purchase data.

7. Age

You must be at least 13 years old to use the iOS application. Users under 13 should use CARAPACE under a parent's Apple ID with Apple Family Sharing, which applies parental controls and Ask-to-Buy approval for any in-app purchases.

8. You agree to indemnify

If a third party sues us because of how you used the Software or the data you processed with it, you agree to cover our reasonable costs (including attorneys' fees) to defend or resolve the claim, to the extent permitted by law.

9. Governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of California, United States. Any dispute will be resolved in the state or federal courts located in Orange County, California.

10. Changes

We may update these Terms from time to time. The current version will always live at carapace.info/terms/. Continued use after an update means you accept the new version.

Carve-out. The Mac and Linux free-permanence commitment in Section 5 is expressly excluded from the Section 10 right to update. We may change anything else in these Terms, but we cannot use an update to introduce a paywall, device cap, time-limited trial, or mandatory login for the macOS application or the Linux installer. If we ever attempt to do so in a future revision, that specific change is void ab initio and the then-current version of the Mac/Linux promise in Section 5 controls.

Contact

Questions: github.com/mikeypaepke-gif/carapace-site/issues