Terms of use.

By accessing this site, downloading the doks software, forking the repository, or otherwise using anything we publish under the doks name, you agree to be bound by these Terms and by the Privacy notice. If you do not agree, do not use the site or the software.

"We", "us", and "our" refer to the maintainers of the doks open-source project. "You" refers to the individual or legal entity using the site or the software.

You may use this site and the software if:

• You are at least 16 years old (or the digital-consent age in your jurisdiction, whichever is higher);
• You have the legal capacity to enter into a binding agreement;
• You are not barred from receiving software under the laws of any jurisdiction that applies to you (including, where relevant, US export-control or sanctions law).

If you are using doks on behalf of an organisation, you represent that you have authority to bind that organisation, and "you" refers to that organisation as well.

This site exists to document the doks pattern. It is provided as-is, without warranty of any kind. We may change content, restructure URLs, redirect pages, or take the site down at any time without notice. Nothing on this site is professional advice (legal, security, financial, or otherwise); decisions you make from reading it are your own.

The doks codebase is released under the MIT License. The full text lives at github.com/getdoks/doks/blob/main/LICENSE and is the controlling document. In short:

• You may use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and sell copies;
• You must keep the copyright and licence notice in any copy or substantial portion you distribute;
• The software is provided "AS IS", without warranty of any kind, express or implied.

If the MIT terms conflict with anything in this document, the MIT licence wins for the software itself.

You may use the site and the software for any purpose permitted by law, except you may not:

• Probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of this site, or breach any security or authentication measure, except as permitted by the vulnerability disclosure policy;
• Use this site or the software to violate the rights of any third party, including intellectual-property, privacy, and publicity rights;
• Use the software to build a service that violates the terms of service of any provider it integrates with (e.g. using a chat provider's API in ways that provider prohibits);
• Use this site or the software to generate or distribute content that is defamatory, harassing, deceptive, or unlawful in your jurisdiction or the jurisdiction of your end users;
• Misrepresent the doks project as endorsing your fork, product, or service;
• Strip the copyright and licence notice from distributed copies of the software (this is also an MIT-licence violation).

doks talks to third-party providers (Voyage, Anthropic, z.ai, DeepSeek, OpenAI, Gemini, Mistral) using API keys you supply. Your use of those providers is governed by each provider's own terms of service, acceptable-use policy, and privacy policy. You are responsible for:

• Reading and complying with each provider's terms before you ship a doks site to production;
• Paying any usage charges those providers bill you for;
• Keeping your keys confidential and rotating them if compromised.

doks does not act as a reseller, broker, or processor for any provider. We are not party to your contract with them and cannot be held responsible for their service availability, billing, or data practices.

Ours

The doks software, this site's structure and copy, and the "doks" name are the property of the project maintainers and contributors. The software is licensed to you under MIT (see section 4). The site copy is © the maintainers; you may quote short excerpts for review or commentary.

Yours

You retain all rights in any content you create using doks (including your MDX docs, your embeddings, and any modifications to the source code). The MIT licence does not require you to share modifications.

Contributions

If you submit a contribution to the doks repository (PR, issue, comment, design), you license that contribution to the project under the same MIT terms, and you confirm you have the right to do so.

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, this site and the doks software are provided "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE", without warranties of any kind, whether express, implied, statutory, or otherwise. This includes, without limitation, implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, non-infringement, accuracy, completeness, and uninterrupted or error-free operation.

Some jurisdictions do not allow exclusion of certain warranties; in those jurisdictions, the exclusions above apply to the maximum extent permitted.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, the maintainers and contributors of doks are not liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages arising from or relating to:

• Use of, or inability to use, this site or the doks software;
• Loss of data, profits, revenue, goodwill, or business;
• Charges incurred from third-party providers integrated through doks;
• Unauthorised access to or alteration of your repository, deployment, or end-user data.

This applies regardless of legal theory (contract, tort, statute, or otherwise) and whether or not we have been advised of the possibility of such damages. Where law prohibits a complete exclusion of liability, our aggregate liability is limited to the greater of (a) the amount you have paid us for the software in the past 12 months (which, for the open-source release, is zero) or (b) USD 100.

Nothing in these Terms excludes liability that cannot lawfully be excluded — such as liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, fraud, or any other liability that applicable consumer-protection law prevents from being limited.

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless the maintainers, contributors, and the doks project from any claims, damages, losses, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising from:

• Your use or modification of the software;
• Your violation of these Terms;
• Your violation of any third-party rights (including a provider's terms of service);
• Content you generate, distribute, or serve through a doks deployment.

This obligation survives termination of these Terms.

"Voyage AI", "Anthropic", "Claude", "z.ai", "DeepSeek", "OpenAI", "Google", "Gemini", "Mistral", and other product names referenced on this site are trademarks of their respective owners. Their inclusion is descriptive (to indicate compatibility); it does not imply endorsement of doks by them, nor any partnership.

"doks" and the lower-case "doks." wordmark are unregistered marks of the project. You may use them to refer to this project (e.g. "powered by doks") but not to brand a competing fork in a way that would mislead users about the source.

These Terms are governed by the law of Ireland, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. The courts of Dublin have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute arising from these Terms or your use of the site, except that consumers resident in the EU may also bring proceedings in the courts of their country of residence.

This choice of law does not deprive you of the protection of any mandatory consumer-protection rules of the country where you live.

Before filing any legal proceeding, please raise the issue with us in writing (via the contact in section 17) and allow 60 days for good-faith resolution. Many disputes can be settled this way without involving courts.

For consumers in the EU, the European Commission provides an online dispute-resolution platform. We do not currently commit to binding arbitration; nothing in this section forces you to give up your right to a court of competent jurisdiction.

If any provision of these Terms is found unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, that provision is severed and the rest remain in full force. The unenforceable provision is replaced with one that most closely reflects the original intent within the limits of the law.

These Terms, together with the Privacy notice, the Security disclosure policy, the Accessibility statement, and the MIT licence, form the entire agreement between you and us regarding the site and the doks software. They supersede any prior understandings, communications, or agreements on the same subject.

No waiver of any term will be deemed a waiver of any subsequent breach. No agency, partnership, joint venture, or employment relationship is created by these Terms.

We may revise these Terms. The latest version always lives at this URL. The "Effective" date and version number at the top reflect the current revision. Material changes will be summarised in the project's GitHub releases. Continued use of the site or the software after a change means you accept the new Terms; if you do not accept them, stop using the site and uninstall the software.

For most matters: open an issue at github.com/getdoks/doks/issues. For legal notices that should not be public: legal@datadistill.co. For security reports: see the security disclosure policy.