Terms of Service

These Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of the lurq website at lurq.run, the lurq command-line interface (“CLI”), the lurq MCP server, and any related services (together, the “Services”), provided by Jaden Ryu, an individual based in the Commonwealth of Virginia (“lurq”, “we”, “us”, or “our”).

By accessing or using the Services, you agree to these Terms. If you don't agree, don't use the Services.

1. Who may use the Services

You may use the Services only if you can form a binding contract with us and only in compliance with these Terms and all applicable laws. If you use the Services on behalf of an organization, you represent that you are authorized to accept these Terms on its behalf.

2. What lurq does

lurq is a dynamic index that surfaces and recommends npm packages in response to queries you submit through the website, CLI, or MCP server. Recommendations are generated automatically from data about publicly available packages. lurq is an informational and discovery tool. It does not host, publish, endorse, audit, or vouch for any recommended package.

3. Recommendations are provided for information only

• Recommendations are suggestions, not endorsements or professional advice. We do not represent or warrant that any recommended package is secure, free of vulnerabilities or malware, actively maintained, correctly licensed, non-infringing, or fit for your purpose.
• You are solely responsible for evaluating any package before using it, including reviewing its source code, license, security posture, maintenance status, and suitability for your project.
• You assume all risk arising from your decision to install, depend on, or use any package that lurq surfaces.

4. Third-party packages and content

Recommended packages are created and owned by their respective authors and are governed by their own licenses and terms, not by these Terms. lurq has no control over third-party packages and is not responsible for their content, licensing, security, availability, or the conduct of their authors. Any dealings between you and a third-party package or its author are solely between you and that party.

5. License to use the Services

Subject to these Terms, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use the Services for their intended purpose.

The lurq CLI is open source under the Apache License 2.0. Your use of that source code is governed by that license, which controls over these Terms for that software.

6. Acceptable use

When using the Services, you agree not to:

• Use the Services for any unlawful purpose or in violation of any applicable law or regulation;
• Access the Services, or scrape, harvest, or bulk-download data, through automated means except through interfaces we provide and within any published rate limits;
• Interfere with, disrupt, overload, or attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Services or their infrastructure;
• Reverse engineer, decompile, or attempt to derive the source code of any hosted or proprietary component of the Services (except to the extent this restriction is prohibited by law or permitted by an applicable open-source license);
• Resell, redistribute, or commercially exploit the Services or their output without our permission; or
• Use the Services to build or train a competing index or dataset, or to transmit malware, spam, or other harmful content.

We may set and enforce rate limits and other usage limits, and may throttle, suspend, or restrict access that we reasonably believe violates these Terms or threatens the Services.

7. Intellectual property

The Services, including the lurq name, logo, website, and index (excluding third-party packages and any separately licensed open-source components), are owned by lurq and protected by intellectual property laws. Except for the limited license above, these Terms do not grant you any right in our intellectual property.

You retain any rights you have in the queries and content you submit. You grant us a license to use that content as needed to operate and improve the Services, consistent with our Privacy Policy.

8. Accounts

Some parts of the Services, such as generating an API key from your dashboard, require an account. Accounts are managed through our authentication provider. You are responsible for keeping your credentials and API keys secure and for all activity under your account. Notify us promptly of any unauthorized use.

9. Disclaimers

The Services are provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind, whether express, implied, or statutory, including any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, and non-infringement. We do not warrant that the Services will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, error-free, or that recommendations will be accurate, complete, or reliable. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties, so some of these exclusions may not apply to you.

10. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, lurq and its operators, officers, and contributors will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for any loss of profits, data, use, goodwill, or other intangible losses, arising out of or relating to your use of (or inability to use) the Services or any package recommended through them, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, our total liability for all claims relating to the Services will not exceed the greater of (a) the amount you paid us to use the Services in the twelve months before the claim, or (b) USD $100.

Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations of liability, so some of the above may not apply to you.

11. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless lurq and its operators and contributors from any claims, damages, liabilities, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of your use of the Services, your violation of these Terms, or your violation of any law or third-party right.

12. Termination

You may stop using the Services at any time. We may suspend or terminate your access to the Services at any time, with or without notice, including if we reasonably believe you have violated these Terms. Sections that by their nature should survive termination (including intellectual property, disclaimers, limitation of liability, and indemnification) will survive.

13. Changes to the Services and these Terms

We may modify or discontinue the Services, in whole or in part, at any time. We may also update these Terms from time to time. When we make material changes, we will update the “Last updated” date and, where appropriate, provide additional notice. Your continued use of the Services after a change takes effect means you accept the updated Terms.

14. Governing law and disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. You agree that any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Services will be resolved exclusively in the state or federal courts located in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and you consent to their jurisdiction.

15. Miscellaneous

These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy, are the entire agreement between you and lurq regarding the Services. If any provision is found unenforceable, the rest remain in effect. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver. You may not assign these Terms without our consent; we may assign them in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets.

16. Contact

Questions about these Terms? Reach us at contact@lurq.run.