Terms of Service

1. Acceptance of terms

Welcome to DPaste (the "Software"). Please read these terms carefully before installing, copying, downloading, accessing or otherwise using the Software. By starting to use it you agree to be bound by these terms; if you disagree with any part of them, please stop using the Software and uninstall it.

2. Licence and scope of use

We grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable and non-sublicensable licence to install and use the Software on devices you own or control, for lawful purposes and in accordance with these terms.

• You may install the Software on multiple devices of your own and use the pairing sync features between them.
• The Software is provided as compiled programs. The source repository is open to contributors under our contributor agreement and does not constitute a public open-source licence.
• You may not rent, lend, resell or distribute the Software or any part of it, nor allow multi-user or shared use of any kind.
• You may not reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble or otherwise attempt to derive the source code, except where mandatory law expressly permits it.
• You may not remove or circumvent copyright notices or licence checks in the Software.

3. Versions and updates

The Software periodically checks for new versions and prompts you to update; packages come from our official release channels on GitHub and Gitee. The desktop app can download and install updates itself; on Android, APK updates require you to grant the "install apps" permission.

New versions may change behaviour, alter features or drop support for older releases. Please stay up to date for security and compatibility; we do not continue to provide security fixes for unsupported versions.

Update checks, changelogs, the plugin market and this website are additional online features. They may be adjusted, rate-limited or discontinued at any time, and may fail because of third-party platforms (GitHub / Gitee) or network conditions. Our former in-house API service (api.d-paste.com, which handled anonymous statistics and licence verification) has been shut down. Discontinuing any online feature does not affect the core local features of an installed version, such as recording, search, pasting and sync.

4. Fees

• DPaste is currently completely free on every platform (Windows, macOS and Android) with all features included: no in-app purchases, no subscriptions, no advertising and no activation codes.
• We do not charge you anything, so there are no charges, auto-renewals, refunds or licence transfers to worry about.
• If we ever change the free model or introduce paid extras, we will announce it in advance on this website and in the app, and it will not affect the version you already have installed.

5. Sync and pairing security

Pairing codes, the shared password and the derived keys are the only credentials for sync. Do not publish them or share them with others.

Synced content is encrypted on your devices before transmission, and the keys never leave your paired devices, so we cannot decrypt it. Consequently, if pairing credentials leak and a third party obtains your content, or if a lost device is unlocked by someone else, the associated risk is yours.

Only pair devices you trust. When you withdraw trust, unpair the device and change the pairing password promptly.

Cross-device sync depends on networks, local Wi-Fi conditions and system battery policies, so delays, partial transfers or retries are expected behaviour rather than a service commitment.

6. Plugins and third-party features

• Built-in processing plugins are provided by us. Third-party plugins in the plugin market are maintained by their authors; please assess their origin and behaviour before installing. Losses caused by third-party plugins are for you and the plugin author to resolve.
• AI features require you to configure a third-party provider and API key of your own. Their cost, availability and data handling are governed by that provider’s terms and privacy policy; do not send content to AI features that you would not submit to that provider.
• The Software currently contains no promotional slots and no third-party advertising.

7. Acceptable use

You agree not to use the Software to:

• Violate any applicable law or infringe the rights of others, including privacy and intellectual-property rights.
• Record or distribute unlawful, harmful or infringing content, including by using clipboard recording or sync features to spread such content.
• Circumvent licence checks, attack our service endpoints, or call our APIs unreasonably through automation.
• Interfere with or disrupt the Software, or use it for unauthorised access to third-party systems.

8. Intellectual property

The Software and its interface, icons and documentation are owned by us or the respective rights holders. The DPaste name and logo may not be used for commercial purposes or to imply a partnership without our written consent.

Third-party components included in the Software (open-source libraries, system fonts, offline text-recognition models and similar) are provided under their own licence terms.

9. Disclaimer of warranty

The Software is provided "as is" and "as available", without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement or that it will meet your expectations.

Clipboard history is auxiliary data: please back up anything important using the export features or another location. We do not guarantee that data will never be lost, and we are not liable for records lost through system failures, accidental deletion, disk corruption or failed sync.

We do not guarantee uninterrupted or error-free service. Update checks, plugin downloads, sync and AI features rely on third-party platforms and network conditions and may be unavailable at any time.

10. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, we are not liable for any indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages arising from the use of, or inability to use, the Software, including lost profits, business interruption or data loss.

Because the Software is currently provided free of charge, we accept no monetary liability to the maximum extent permitted by law; where liability cannot be excluded entirely, it is limited to the minimum required by law.

11. Changes and termination

You may terminate these terms at any time by stopping use of the Software, unpairing your devices and uninstalling all copies.

We may update these terms from time to time. Updates are published on this page with a new date, material changes are announced in the app or on this website, and continuing to use the Software after they take effect means you accept them.

If you breach these terms or applicable law, we may terminate your licence without any compensation.

12. Governing law and disputes

These terms, and any dispute arising from them, are governed by the laws of the People’s Republic of China, excluding its conflict-of-law rules.

Disputes should first be resolved through good-faith negotiation; failing that, either party may bring the matter before the competent court in the place where the service provider is established.

13. Contact us

If you have any questions about these terms, email support@d-paste.com or reach us through the channels listed on our contact page.