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 MIT License. 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. Paid plans and billing

Some plans (currently Pro and Team) are paid subscriptions. The plans, their prices and their limits are described on our pricing page. By starting a paid plan you agree to the following.

• Payment processing. Payments are processed by Stripe through Stripe Checkout. We do not receive or store your full card details. Stripe's terms and privacy policy also apply to your payment.
• Billing period and automatic renewal. Subscriptions are billed in advance, monthly or yearly depending on what you choose at checkout, and renew automatically at the end of each period until you cancel. You authorize us, through Stripe, to charge your payment method at each renewal.
• Taxes. Prices are shown before tax. Applicable sales tax, VAT or similar taxes are calculated from your billing details and added at checkout and on each invoice.
• Usage limits. Each plan includes a monthly allowance of hosted calls, counted per calendar month (UTC). Once it is used, the account keeps a small number of calls per day until the month turns, and further calls are refused until then, as described on the pricing page. The command-line tool run locally against your own database is not metered.
• Team seats. Team is billed per seat, with a minimum number of seats shown on the pricing page. You choose the seat count at checkout and can change it in the billing portal. Changes to seat count mid-period may be prorated, as shown by Stripe when you make the change.
• Team overage. On a monthly Team subscription, the call allowance is pooled across seats, and calls past the pool are billed as usage at the per-1,000-call rate shown on the pricing page, up to a ceiling of twice the pool in a month. Past that ceiling the daily grace applies instead. Overage is reported during the month and charged on your next invoice. Yearly Team subscriptions do not bill overage.
• Cancellation. You can cancel at any time from the billing page of your dashboard, which opens Stripe's billing portal. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period; you keep the paid plan until then, and the account then returns to the Free plan. We do not delete your account or data because a subscription ends.
• Downgrades and plan changes. Plan changes are made in the billing portal. Any credit or charge for a change is calculated by Stripe and shown before you confirm. When an account moves to a lower plan, the lower plan's limits apply from then on, including how far back the policy decision log can be read. Keys already issued keep working.
• Refunds. Except where required by law, fees already paid are non-refundable, including for partial billing periods and unused calls. If you believe you were charged in error, contact us at contact@lurq.run and we will review it.
• Failed payments. If a renewal payment fails, Stripe will retry it over several days and your plan stays active while it does. If payment still cannot be collected, the subscription is cancelled and the account returns to the Free plan.
• Price changes. We may change plan prices or limits. A price change applies to an existing subscription only from its next renewal after we have given you at least 30 days' notice by email, and you can cancel before it takes effect.
• Business plans. Business plans are arranged directly with us. The price, limits and any service levels are set out in a separate order form or agreement, which controls over this section where the two conflict.

10. 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.

11. 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.

12. 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.

13. 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. If we terminate a paid plan for a reason other than your breach of these Terms, we will refund the fees you prepaid for the unused part of the billing period. Sections that by their nature should survive termination (including intellectual property, disclaimers, limitation of liability, and indemnification) will survive.

14. 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.

15. 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.

16. 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.

17. Contact

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