Terms of Service

1. About OpenThorn

OpenThorn is a free AI web builder. You describe what you want; OpenThorn generates production-grade code using the AI provider of your choice. The service is provided at no charge and without a subscription.

2. Acceptance of Terms

By creating an account or using the service, you agree to these Terms of Service. If you do not agree, do not use OpenThorn.

3. Accounts

• You must provide a valid email address to register.
• You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials.
• You must notify us immediately at btalabs.contact@gmail.com if you suspect unauthorised access to your account.
• You must be at least 16 years old to use the service.

4. Bring Your Own Keys (BYOK)

OpenThorn does not provide AI model access. You connect your own API keys from providers such as OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google. By doing so:

• Your API keys are encrypted before database storage and used to make requests to the AI provider you select. OpenThorn does not charge for your provider usage. You should still treat saved API keys as sensitive credentials and revoke them with your provider if you suspect compromise.
• To fulfil your request, OpenThorn may send your API key or authorization credentials, prompts, project context, generated files, and technical error details to the selected AI provider. The provider processes that data under its own terms and privacy policy.
• You are solely responsible for the security of your API keys. If a key is compromised, revoke it immediately with your provider.
• You are responsible for all costs incurred with your AI provider. OpenThorn charges you nothing.
• You must comply with the terms of service of the AI provider whose keys you use.

5. Acceptable Use

You agree not to use OpenThorn to:

• Violate any applicable law or regulation.
• Generate content that is illegal, harmful, defamatory, or infringes third-party rights.
• Attempt to gain unauthorised access to the service or its infrastructure.
• Interfere with or disrupt the service or other users.
• Use automated means to access the service beyond normal usage patterns.

6. User Content

You retain ownership of the prompts you write and the code generated in response to your prompts. By using the service, you grant OpenThorn a limited, non-exclusive licence to store and serve your content solely to provide the service to you.

You are responsible for ensuring that any content you submit does not infringe third-party intellectual property rights.

7. Community Features

If you share a project publicly through the Community feature, it becomes visible to other users. You retain ownership of that content, but you grant other users the right to view and fork it within the service.

We reserve the right to remove publicly shared content that violates these Terms or applicable law.

Reports about illegal content, intellectual-property infringement, harmful projects, or moderation decisions should be sent through the process described in our Moderation and DSA Notice.

8. Intellectual Property

The OpenThorn name, logo, and interface design are our intellectual property. Nothing in these Terms transfers any ownership of OpenThorn's brand or software to you. Code output generated by the service belongs to you.

9. Disclaimers

The service is provided "as is" and "as available" without warranties of any kind, either express or implied. We do not warrant that the service will be uninterrupted, error-free, or that generated code will be fit for any particular purpose. You use the service at your own risk.

10. EU Artificial Intelligence Act

OpenThorn is an AI-powered service subject to Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (the EU AI Act). The following disclosures apply:

• You are interacting with AI. The service uses large language models to generate code and website content. All output is AI-generated.
• Bring Your Own Keys. OpenThorn does not operate AI models. You connect your own API keys from third-party AI providers (e.g. OpenAI, Anthropic, Google). Those providers are responsible for obligations that apply to their models, while OpenThorn remains responsible for the transparency, configuration, and use obligations that apply to OpenThorn as a service.
• Intended use. OpenThorn is designed for code and website generation. You must not use it for prohibited AI practices or for high-risk purposes such as biometric identification, employment decisions, credit scoring, education access decisions, law enforcement, migration control, or other regulated uses unless you independently ensure that all applicable legal requirements are met.
• Human review recommended. AI-generated code may contain errors, security vulnerabilities, or inaccuracies. You are responsible for reviewing, testing, and validating all output before deploying it in any production environment.
• No prohibited practices. OpenThorn does not use AI to manipulate users subliminally, exploit vulnerabilities, perform social scoring, or engage in any practice prohibited under Art. 5 of the EU AI Act.

11. Digital Services Act and Content Moderation

OpenThorn may host public user content, including Community projects and related metadata. Users must not upload, publish, or share illegal content, malware, phishing pages, stolen credentials, private personal data, infringing material, or content that violates the rights or safety of others.

We may remove, restrict, suspend, or preserve content where necessary to comply with law, enforce these Terms, protect users, or investigate abuse. We may also suspend or terminate accounts that repeatedly publish illegal content or submit manifestly unfounded reports.

Our single point of contact and reporting process are set out in the Moderation and DSA Notice.

12. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, OpenThorn and its operators shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising out of or related to your use of the service. Because the service is provided free of charge, our aggregate liability to you for direct damages shall not exceed the greater of the fees you paid us in the twelve months preceding the claim or EUR 0.

Nothing in these Terms limits or excludes liability for fraud, gross negligence, or death or personal injury caused by our negligence, or any other liability that cannot be limited or excluded under applicable mandatory law. If you are a consumer, your statutory rights under applicable consumer protection law (including the Italian Consumer Code, D.Lgs. 206/2005) are not affected by these Terms.

13. Termination

We may suspend or terminate your account if you breach these Terms. You may delete your account at any time by contacting us at btalabs.contact@gmail.com. Termination does not affect any accrued rights or obligations.

14. Changes to Terms

We may update these Terms at any time by posting the revised version on this page with an updated date. Continued use of the service after the update constitutes acceptance. If you do not accept the changes, stop using the service and delete your account.

15. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by Italian law. For users who are consumers under the Italian Consumer Code (D.Lgs. 206/2005), the mandatory consumer protection provisions of your country of residence also apply. Disputes shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Rome, Italy, except where mandatory consumer law provides otherwise.

16. Contact

For any questions about these Terms, contact us at btalabs.contact@gmail.com.