Terms

These terms cover the Zeku desktop app and this website. They are written to be read. By downloading or using Zeku, you agree to them. Zeku is made and licensed by David V. Kimball, called "we" here.

You buy a license from Lemon Squeezy, the merchant of record, which handles payment and tax under its buyer terms. These terms are the end user license agreement those buyer terms refer to, and they cover your use of Zeku.

The trial

Every download includes a 14-day free trial with every feature, once per computer, counted from its first launch. When it ends, Zeku keeps working and shows a reminder to buy a license. Licensing never locks or limits any feature: not after the trial, not offline, and not after a refund. A license hides the reminder and supports development. Zeku is young software and can have bugs. Keep your work in git, as you would anyway, and report problems so they get fixed.

Your license

Zeku is licensed, not sold. A paid license lets you use Zeku under these terms:

• Founding and standard licenses are for one person, on up to 3 computers they use.
• Agency licenses are for up to 5 people at one company or studio, each on up to 3 computers they use, for work on any number of client sites.
• Every license covers personal and commercial work, including sites you build or write for clients.
• You can move a license between your own computers at any time in Settings, then License, and an agency can move a seat to a new team member. To give a license to someone else, email us.
• A license does not expire and keeps working offline once activated. There is nothing to renew.
• Lifetime updates means every future version of Zeku, including major versions, at no extra cost for as long as we develop it. It is not a promise that development never ends. If it does, the version you have keeps working, with or without our servers.
• You may not resell, share, or publish license keys, or remove or work around the license check.

Your content

Everything you write with Zeku is yours. Zeku edits files on your computer and claims no rights to them.

Refunds

If Zeku is not right for you, email hello@zeku.dev within 30 days of your purchase, from the address on your receipt or with your order number, for a full refund. We issue refunds through Lemon Squeezy and approve every request made in that window. This promise is ours, on top of Lemon Squeezy's buyer terms. A refunded license key is disabled, so Zeku goes back to showing the reminder at its next check-in. Nothing locks.

No warranty

To the extent the law allows, Zeku is provided as is, without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including fitness for a particular purpose. It works hard not to lose your work, with autosave, crash recovery, and outside-edit detection, but you are responsible for keeping backups of anything that matters, which is what git is for.

Limitation of liability

To the extent the law allows, our total liability for any claim related to Zeku is limited to the amount you paid for your license. We are not liable for indirect or consequential damages, such as lost data or lost profits. Nothing in these terms limits rights you have under consumer law that cannot be waived.

Changes

We may update these terms. The current version always lives at this address with its date. Changes never take away rights you already paid for.

Contact

Questions about these terms go to hello@zeku.dev.