Terms of Service
// effective 2026-04-23 · version 21. About NOX
NOX is chat software operated by an individual maintainer ("we", "us", "operator"). NOX may also be self-hosted by third parties; if you are using a third-party-run instance, that operator's house rules apply alongside these Terms.
2. Eligibility
You must be at least 13 years old (or 16 in the EU/EEA/UK and any other jurisdiction with a higher digital age of consent) to create an account. By registering you represent that you meet this requirement and that you have the legal capacity to enter into this agreement. If you are using NOX on behalf of an organization, you represent that you are authorized to bind that organization.
3. Your account
- You are responsible for keeping your password and recovery phrase safe.
- You may not share your account credentials, sell your account, or transfer your account to anyone else.
- You are responsible for all activity that occurs under your account.
- You may delete your account at any time from
Settings → My Account.
4. Acceptable use
You agree NOT to use NOX to:
- Harass, threaten, dox, or stalk other users
- Distribute illegal content (including but not limited to child sexual abuse material, malware, stolen credentials, or content that infringes intellectual property)
- Send spam, commercial bulk messages, or unsolicited advertising
- Attempt to break, exploit, denial-of-service, reverse-engineer, or otherwise interfere with the host server or other users' clients
- Impersonate another person or entity with intent to deceive
- Scrape, crawl, or bulk-export other users' content without their consent
- Use NOX to violate any law in your jurisdiction or the operator's jurisdiction
- Use NOX to facilitate the violation of export controls or sanctions, or operate from a jurisdiction subject to a comprehensive U.S. or EU embargo
Server owners and the operator may kick, ban, mute, or otherwise restrict accounts at their discretion for violations or for any reason consistent with maintaining a safe community. Repeat or severe violations may result in permanent removal across the instance.
5. Your content
You retain ownership of every message, file, and other content you submit to NOX ("Your Content"). You represent that you have all rights necessary to submit Your Content and that it does not violate any third-party rights or applicable law.
By submitting Your Content, you grant the operator a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable license to host, store, reproduce, transmit, display, and route Your Content solely as necessary to operate NOX (including delivering it to its intended recipients, generating thumbnails, indexing for search, and creating backups). This license ends when you delete the content, except that reasonable backup copies may persist for a limited time as described in the Privacy Policy.
6. DMCA / copyright
If you believe content on NOX infringes your copyright, send a notice with: (a) your contact information, (b) identification of the copyrighted work, (c) the URL or in-app location of the allegedly infringing content, (d) a statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good-faith belief the use is unauthorized, and (e) your physical or electronic signature. Send notices to the operator at [email protected]. Counter-notices follow the same procedure with the corresponding 17 U.S.C. § 512(g) statements.
7. Operator responsibility
The operator is responsible for: securing the host machine and database, maintaining reasonable backups, moderating the community in good faith, and ensuring the instance complies with applicable law. The operator is not responsible for content submitted by users, for inter-user disputes, for losses caused by user error (e.g. lost recovery phrase), or for outages caused by upstream infrastructure (Cloudflare, ISP, electricity).
8. Disclaimer of warranties
NOX IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. To the maximum extent permitted by law, the operator disclaims all warranties, including but not limited to merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, accuracy, reliability, or that the service will be uninterrupted, secure, or error-free. Use of NOX is at your own risk.
9. Limitation of liability
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL THE OPERATOR BE LIABLE for any indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for any loss of profits, revenue, data, goodwill, or business opportunity, arising out of or in connection with your use of NOX, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.
The operator's total cumulative liability arising out of or relating to these Terms or your use of NOX, regardless of the cause of action and whether in contract, tort, or otherwise, shall not exceed the greater of (a) the total amount you have paid the operator in the twelve months preceding the claim (which, for a free service, is zero) or (b) USD 100. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of certain damages; in those jurisdictions, the operator's liability is limited to the smallest amount permitted by law.
10. Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the operator (and the operator's affiliates, contractors, and agents) from and against any claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or related to: (a) Your Content, (b) your violation of these Terms, (c) your violation of any law or third-party right, or (d) your misuse of NOX. The operator reserves the right, at its own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter for which you are required to indemnify it; you agree to cooperate.
11. Termination
The operator may suspend or terminate your account at any time, with or without notice, for any violation of these Terms, for legal reasons, or to protect the safety or integrity of the service. You may terminate your account at any time as described in Section 3.
On termination, your license to use NOX ends immediately. The following sections survive termination: 5 (your content licenses granted before termination, only as needed for backups and for recipients to retain delivered messages), 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, and 15.
12. Governing law and dispute resolution
These Terms are governed by the laws of the operator's country of residence, without regard to conflict-of-laws principles. The current governing jurisdiction is listed on the homepage; it may change if the operator relocates, with notice on this page.
Any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or NOX shall be resolved exclusively in the courts of the operator's jurisdiction, and you consent to personal jurisdiction in those courts. Where local law requires arbitration, the parties shall submit to binding arbitration administered by a recognized arbitration body in that jurisdiction; the seat of arbitration shall be the operator's city of residence and the language shall be English. To the maximum extent permitted by law, you waive any right to participate in a class, collective, or representative action.
13. Force majeure
The operator is not liable for any failure or delay in performance caused by events beyond reasonable control, including but not limited to acts of God, war, terrorism, civil unrest, government action, pandemic, labour disputes, internet outages, hosting-provider failures, cyber-attacks, or denial-of-service attacks.
14. Changes to these Terms
We may update these Terms as NOX evolves. The "effective" date above will move forward on every change. Material changes (anything that meaningfully changes your obligations or our liability) will trigger an in-app notice and a re-prompt to accept the new version. If you do not agree, your sole remedy is to stop using NOX and delete your account; continued use after the effective date constitutes acceptance.
15. Miscellaneous
- Entire agreement. These Terms together with the Privacy Policy constitute the entire agreement between you and the operator regarding NOX, superseding any prior agreements.
- Severability. If any provision is held unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain in full force, and the unenforceable provision shall be reformed only to the extent necessary to make it enforceable.
- No waiver. Failure to enforce any provision is not a waiver of the right to enforce it later.
- Assignment. You may not assign or transfer these Terms or your account. The operator may assign these Terms in connection with a successor operator or change of organization, on notice.
- Headings. Section headings are for convenience only and have no legal effect.
- Independent contractors. No agency, partnership, joint venture, or employment relationship is created by these Terms.
- Notices. Notices to you may be delivered via in-app message, email if you've provided one, or by posting to the homepage. Notices to the operator must be sent to [email protected].
16. Contact
Reach the operator at [email protected].