Terms of Service

Stroke is a desktop database client distributed from stroke.click. "Stroke", "we", and "us" refer to its developer. By creating an account, buying a license, or using the website, you agree to these terms. Using the desktop app alone needs no account; the software license in section 02 covers it.

Stroke's source is public under the Stroke Sustainable Use License. You may use Stroke for free, personally or at work, and read, modify, and build its source, Pro features included. You may not sell it, charge for it, rebrand it as your own product, or offer it to others as a paid product or hosted service.

Pro features in official builds unlock with a license key. Removing or bypassing the license checks in builds you distribute is not permitted. Where this section and the license file differ, the license file governs the software.

The first time you open Stroke on a device, a 17-day trial starts with every feature unlocked. No account or payment is needed. When the trial ends, the Pro features need a license.

An account is only needed to buy and manage a license, or to enter the giveaway. You can sign in with GitHub or Google; if both use the same verified email, they share one account. You're responsible for activity under your account and agree to give accurate information. We may suspend accounts that abuse the service, for example by attempting to defraud the licensing system or attack the website.

A personal license is a one-time purchase of $9.99. When you buy one:

• You own it permanently. It is not a subscription. It never renews, never expires, and includes every future update.
• You get a license key tied to your account that can be active on up to 2 devices at a time. Deactivate it in the app on a device you no longer use to free a slot, or email us if that device is gone.
• The license is personal. Don't publish, resell, or share your key; we may revoke keys that are leaked or abused.

A Team license is a one-time purchase of $99 that covers everyone who signs in with an email on your company's domain, each with their own key. It needs a company domain; public email providers don't qualify. Team licenses are currently arranged by email at support@stroke.click.

Payments are processed by Dodo Payments, our payment provider and merchant of record. We never see or store your card details. Prices are shown at checkout in USD unless stated otherwise.

A license is a single payment, so there's nothing to cancel. If something went wrong (a duplicate charge, a mistake at checkout, or a license that won't activate), email support@stroke.click within 14 days and we'll make it right.

Stroke includes a free AI tier with daily limits per device and per network. It's offered as is, and its limits, models, and availability may change or end at any time. If you connect your own AI provider instead, that provider's terms apply to your use of it.

AI output can be wrong. Review any SQL an assistant suggests before you run it, especially statements that change or delete data. You're responsible for what runs against your databases. Don't use the free tier to generate unlawful content or to resell access to it.

The weekly free-license giveaway is free to enter, one entry per account per week, and open to anyone who doesn't already own a license. The full rules, including how the winner is drawn and shown, are on the giveaway page and form part of these terms.

When you submit a review, you let us publish it on stroke.click with the name and title you provide. We may choose not to publish a review, or remove one later.

When using the website, licensing service, and free AI tier, you agree not to:

• Probe, disrupt, or overload the service, or access accounts or data that aren't yours.
• Circumvent, spoof, or reverse-engineer license verification, or use keys you didn't buy.
• Get around usage limits, for example by rotating device identifiers.
• Use the service in violation of the laws that apply to you.

Stroke connects to your databases directly from your device. Your credentials, queries, and results stay on your machine and are never sent to our servers. What we do collect is described in the Privacy Policy.

The software and the service are provided "as is" and "as available", without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. Stroke operates on your databases at your direction; you're responsible for your own backups and for the queries you run.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, we aren't liable for any indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages, or for loss of data, profits, or business, arising from your use of the software or the service. Our total liability for any claim is limited to the amount you paid us in the 12 months before the claim arose.

We may update these terms as Stroke evolves. If a change is material, we'll note it on this page and update the date at the top. Continuing to use the service after a change takes effect means you accept the new terms.