Terms of Use
The short version. It's free while it's in public beta. After that, buy a licence, use the app on your own Macs, don't resell it or pull it apart. It's a triage tool that surfaces what other services tell it — it is not a guarantee that you'll see everything, so don't make it the only thing standing between you and something important. It's sold as-is, and if something goes wrong my liability is limited to what you paid.
1. Agreement
These terms are between you and Brandon Lucas Green, an individual developer in Massachusetts, United States ("I", "me", "my"). They cover the Inbox & Chill macOS application and the inboxandchill.app website (together, "the app"). By downloading, installing, or using the app, you agree to them. If you don't, don't use it.
2. Your licence
When you buy Inbox & Chill, you get a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to install and use the app on Macs you own or control, for as long as these terms are kept. You're buying a licence to use the software, not ownership of it. I retain all rights in the app.
During the public beta the same licence applies without payment, on the same terms. See clause 3.
If you're installing it for a team, buy a licence per person unless we've agreed otherwise in writing.
3. Beta, trial and purchase
Inbox & Chill is in public beta, and it is free during the beta. There is no trial clock, no licence to buy, and nothing to pay. You get the whole app.
Using the app during the beta doesn't lock in a free licence later. I reserve the right to charge for version 1.0 and the versions after it, including to people who used the beta. If I do, I'll say so clearly before it takes effect.
From version 1.0 it becomes paid, and the rest of this clause takes effect then. There will be a free 14-day trial of the full app, time-limited, after which a licence is required to keep using it. The price will be a one-time payment of US$10; there is no subscription and no recurring charge.
A one-time purchase covers the version you buy and updates I release for it. If I ever ship a major paid upgrade, that will be stated plainly before you pay for it, not applied retroactively to a licence you already hold.
4. Refunds
The 14-day trial exists so you can find out whether the app suits you before paying. If you buy it and it doesn't work out, email me within 30 days of purchase at [email protected] and I'll refund you. No argument required. Where local consumer law gives you stronger refund rights than this, those rights apply and nothing here reduces them.
5. What the app is, and what it isn't
Inbox & Chill is a triage queue. It reads from services you connect and shows you what they report. That distinction matters, because it sets the limits of what it can promise:
- It is not a guarantee of delivery. Items can be missed, delayed, duplicated, or shown incorrectly — because of a network problem, an API change, a rate limit, an outage at the source, a bug in the app, or your Mac being asleep. Some sources cannot be backfilled at all.
- It is not a system of record. The source service is the truth. The app's queue and archive are a convenience layer over it.
- It is not a safety-critical tool. Do not rely on it as your only means of receiving information where a miss would cause harm, loss, or a missed obligation — medical, financial, legal, operational, or otherwise. Keep the underlying service's own notifications on for anything that actually matters.
Actions you take in the app can change data in a connected service — marking an item done may mark it read remotely, and snoozing a Linear item snoozes it in Linear. Those are real changes to your account at that service, and they're your responsibility.
6. Your responsibilities
You agree that:
- You have the right to connect the accounts and credentials you connect, including permission from your employer where the account isn't personally yours.
- Your use of each connected service complies with that service's own terms. Inbox & Chill is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Linear, GitHub, Slack, Sentry, Apple, ntfy, Anthropic, or any other service it connects to. Their names are used only to describe what the app talks to.
- You'll keep your Mac and your credentials reasonably secure. Credentials live in your Keychain on your machine; protecting that machine is on you.
- You won't use the app to break the law or to access data you aren't entitled to.
7. What you may not do
Don't resell, sublicense, rent, or redistribute the app or licence keys. Don't circumvent the trial period or licensing. Don't decompile, reverse engineer, or disassemble the app except to the extent that applicable law expressly permits it regardless of this restriction. Don't remove or alter copyright or licence notices.
8. Third-party components
The app includes third-party open-source components under their own licences, including Sparkle for updates and Microsoft's Fluent Emoji artwork for the icon. Those licences apply to those components and are shipped with the app.
9. Changes to the app
The app is under active development. Features may be added, changed, or removed, and a connected service may break integration at any time by changing or withdrawing its API — which has happened before across this category and will happen again. I'll do what I reasonably can to keep things working, but I can't promise any particular source will keep working indefinitely.
10. No warranty
The app is provided "as is" and "as available", without warranty of any kind. To the fullest extent permitted by law, I disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, and non-infringement. I do not warrant that the app will be uninterrupted, error-free, secure, or that it will deliver any particular item to you.
Some jurisdictions don't allow the exclusion of certain warranties, so parts of this may not apply to you.
11. Limitation of liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, my total liability to you for any claim arising out of or relating to the app is limited to the amount you actually paid for it.
I am not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, punitive, or exemplary damages, or for lost profits, lost revenue, lost business, lost data, or missed messages, deadlines, or opportunities — even if I have been advised that such damages are possible.
Some jurisdictions don't allow these limitations, so parts of this may not apply to you. Nothing here limits liability for fraud, or for death or personal injury caused by negligence, where the law does not permit that limit.
12. Indemnity
You agree to indemnify and hold me harmless from claims, damages, and reasonable costs arising from your misuse of the app, your breach of these terms, or your violation of a connected service's terms or someone else's rights.
13. Termination
Your licence ends if you materially breach these terms. You can end it any time by uninstalling the app. Sections that by their nature should survive — warranty disclaimers, liability limits, and indemnity — survive termination.
14. Governing law
These terms are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules, and the state and federal courts located in Massachusetts have exclusive jurisdiction over disputes. If you're a consumer elsewhere, this doesn't remove the protection of mandatory consumer laws in your home country.
15. Changes to these terms
If these terms change, the updated version will be posted here with a new date at the top. Continuing to use the app after a change means you accept it. If you don't, stop using the app and, if you're within the refund window, ask for a refund.
16. Severability and entire agreement
If any part of these terms is found unenforceable, the rest stays in force. These terms, together with the Privacy Policy, are the whole agreement between us about the app.