Terms of Service

1. The service

Rin Chat is a desktop application for roleplay and creative writing. It runs on your own computer and stores your content on your own device.

The app is free. To generate replies you connect your own account with a third-party AI provider, using your own API key. We do not sell AI usage and we do not bill you for it.

The app is currently an open beta. It is provided as-is and may change, break or lose features between releases.

2. Eligibility

You must be at least 13 years old to use the app.

You must have the legal capacity to enter into this agreement, and you must not be barred from using the service under applicable law.

3. Your password and local data

The app protects your local data with a password and an encryption key. We do not hold that password and we cannot recover your local data for you.

Keep the recovery key the app gives you. Without it, a forgotten password means the data cannot be decrypted by anyone, including us.

4. Acceptable use

You agree not to use the service to do any of the following.

• Break any applicable law or regulation.
• Infringe the intellectual property or privacy rights of another person.
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the service, to our systems, or to another user's account.
• Interfere with the service, or place an unreasonable load on it.

5. Your content

You keep ownership of the characters, chats and other content that you create. We claim no ownership of it.

Content that you create in the app is stored on your device. When you generate a reply, the text of your request is transmitted to the AI provider you selected so that it can produce a response.

You are responsible for the content you create and for the prompts you send.

6. Third-party AI providers

The app can connect to third-party AI providers. Those providers have their own terms and their own privacy practices, and we do not control them.

When you use your own API key, your relationship for that usage is with that provider, not with us.

AI output can be inaccurate. Do not rely on it as professional advice of any kind.

7. Software licence

Rin Chat is proprietary software. We grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to install and use it on devices you control, free of charge, for personal and non-commercial use.

You may not reverse engineer, modify, or redistribute the software except where the law expressly allows it.

The app and everything in it are owned by Rin Chat LLC. The full licence ships with the app.

8. Usage statistics

Rin Chat reports that it has been installed and that it has been launched. This is a condition of using the app and cannot be switched off. It exists so that we know how many people use Rin Chat and on which systems, which is what tells us which platforms and versions to keep supporting.

That report contains a randomly generated installation identifier, the app version, your operating system and its version, your processor architecture, the package format you installed, and your language setting. The identifier is generated on your device, is not derived from your hardware, and means nothing outside your own installation. Clearing the app's data resets it.

Everything beyond that is optional and off if you say so. In the app, under Settings → Data & Backup, you can separately decline: linking these reports to your account, information about which AI providers and models you use, the size of your card library, and which features you have enabled. Declining any of them does not limit the app.

We never collect the content of your characters, chats, prompts, personas or lorebooks, nor their names, tags or creators. We never collect API keys, file paths or the addresses of AI providers you connect to — only which provider it was, and for a self-hosted one, only whether it runs on your own machine or network rather than on the internet.

We keep these reports indefinitely, because they are how we see long-term platform and version trends. They are not tied to your identity. If you want the reports from your installation deleted, email us and we will delete them.

9. Suspension and termination

We may suspend or end your access if you break these Terms, or if we must do so to comply with the law.

You may stop using the app at any time. Your data stays on your device and remains yours.

10. Disclaimers

The service is provided "as is" and "as available", without warranties of any kind to the extent the law permits.

We do not warrant that the service will be uninterrupted, or that AI output will be correct or fit for a particular purpose.

11. Limitation of liability

To the extent the law permits, we are not liable for indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages, or for lost data or lost profits.

Our total liability is limited to the amount you paid us in the twelve months before the event that caused the claim.

12. Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms. We will post the updated version here and change the effective date.

The version published on this page is always the current one. Continuing to use the app after a change means you accept the updated Terms.

13. Governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Utah, United States, without regard to conflict-of-law rules.

You and we agree that any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or the app will be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Salt Lake County, Utah, and both of us consent to the personal jurisdiction of those courts.

Before filing, please email us and give us a reasonable opportunity to resolve the matter.

14. Contact

Questions about this document go to [email protected]. Postal address: 7533 S Center View Ct #6256, West Jordan, UT 84084, USA.