Terms of Service

These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your use of the Loam website at loam.md (the "Website"), which is run by the Loam authors ("we", "us" or "our").

By using the Website, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Website. You must be at least 18 years old to use the Website.

We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, revocable right to access and use the Website for your personal, non-commercial purposes. You agree not to:

• use the Website in a way that could damage, disable or overload it;
• attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Website or the systems behind it;
• copy or redistribute Website content, except as the law allows or these Terms permit;
• use the Website for any unlawful purpose.

We may modify, suspend or discontinue the Website, or any part of it, at any time, with or without notice. We are not liable to you for any such change.

Loam is free and open-source software. The Loam source code is licensed under the MIT License. That license, not these Terms, governs your use, copying and modification of the source code, and it includes its own disclaimer of warranties.

Plugins for Loam are built by independent developers. We do not control, review or endorse them, and they are not covered by these Terms. Each plugin is subject to its own license and terms.

Loam stores your notes as plain Markdown files on your own disk. You are responsible for keeping your own backups.

The Website, including its design, text and graphics, and the Loam name and logo, are owned by us or our licensors and protected by intellectual property laws. Except under the open-source license above, you may not use our names or logos without our prior written consent. All rights not expressly granted are reserved.

If you send us feedback or suggestions about the Website or Loam, you grant us a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free license to use that feedback for any purpose, without attribution or compensation. Please do not send feedback that you consider confidential.

Your use of the Website is also governed by our Privacy Policy and our Cookie Policy, which are incorporated into these Terms by reference.

The Website links to third-party services, such as GitHub. We do not control or endorse them, and we are not responsible for their content or practices. Your use of third-party services is at your own risk and is subject to their own terms and privacy policies.

THE WEBSITE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE". TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE WEBSITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE OR FREE OF HARMFUL CODE.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOST PROFITS, LOST DATA OR LOST GOODWILL, ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO THESE TERMS OR YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE. OUR TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY CLAIM ARISING FROM THESE TERMS OR THE WEBSITE IS LIMITED TO THE GREATER OF (I) USD 50 AND (II) THE AMOUNT YOU PAID US FOR THE WEBSITE IN THE SIX MONTHS BEFORE THE CLAIM AROSE.

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Loam authors and contributors from any claims and reasonable costs, including attorneys' fees, arising from your use of the Website, your breach of these Terms or your violation of applicable law.

We may suspend or restrict your access to the Website at any time, for any reason, including if we believe you have violated these Terms. The sections on intellectual property, feedback, disclaimers, limitation of liability and disputes will survive any termination.

We may update these Terms from time to time. When we do, we will change the effective date at the top of this page. Your continued use of the Website after an update means you accept the updated Terms.

Under California Civil Code Section 1789.3, California users of the Website are entitled to the following notice: the provider of the Website is the Loam authors, who can be reached through github.com/Azilone/loam/issues. To file a complaint regarding the Website, or to get further information about its use, open an issue at that address.

You may also contact the Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the California Department of Consumer Affairs at 1625 N. Market Blvd., Suite N112, Sacramento, CA 95834, or by phone at (800) 952-5210.

For your California privacy rights, see the California residents section of our Privacy Policy.

Before filing a claim, please contact us at github.com/Azilone/loam/issues so we can try to resolve the issue. Either party may bring an individual claim in small claims court where the court's rules allow it. Nothing in these Terms limits any mandatory rights you have under the law of your place of residence.

• Electronic communications. You agree that we may contact you electronically, by email or by a notice on the Website.
• Export. You agree not to export or re-export anything from the Website in violation of applicable export control laws.
• Accessibility. If you have difficulty using the Website, open an issue at github.com/Azilone/loam/issues.
• Entire agreement. These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy, are the entire agreement between you and us about the Website.
• Severability and waiver. If a provision is unenforceable, the rest of these Terms remain in effect. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver of it.
• Assignment. We may assign these Terms. You may not assign them without our prior written consent.
• Copyright. © 2026 The Loam authors. All rights reserved.

Questions about these Terms: open an issue at github.com/Azilone/loam/issues.