Terms of Use

Effective: July 4, 2026

The short version. GhostQuill is a free Mac app that types what you dictate. Your audio is processed on your Mac and is never sent to us. The app and this website are provided as-is, without warranties — review what it types before you rely on it. This summary is for convenience; the sections below are what actually applies.

1. Who we are, and acceptance of these Terms

These Terms of Use (the "Terms") are an agreement between you and the developer of GhostQuill ("we", "us", "our"). They govern your use of the GhostQuill website at ghostquill.app (the "Site") and the GhostQuill application for macOS (the "App"). By using the Site or by downloading, installing, or using the App, you accept these Terms. If you do not agree with them, do not use the Site or the App.

2. The App

GhostQuill is a menu-bar utility for macOS: hold a hotkey, speak, release — your words are typed into whatever text field has focus. The App requires macOS 15 or later on a Mac with Apple Silicon. The App is currently provided free of charge.

3. License

We grant you a personal, worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to install and use the App on Macs you own or control, for personal or business purposes. The App is licensed, not sold; we retain all rights not expressly granted to you.

Unless a separate license accompanying a specific release states otherwise, you may not:

  • sell, rent, sublicense, or redistribute the App, or present it as your own;
  • modify the App or create derivative works of it;
  • reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble the App, except to the extent applicable law permits this despite the restriction;
  • remove or alter any proprietary notices.

4. Privacy: on-device by design

GhostQuill's speech recognition runs entirely on your Mac. Audio you dictate and the text produced from it are processed locally; the App does not transmit your audio or your transcribed text to us or to anyone else. The App uses the microphone only while you hold the dictation key, and it has no account system.

If a release adds an optional feature that uses the network — for example, checking for updates — it will be disclosed in the App and reflected in an updated version of these Terms.

The Site is a static page. It sets no cookies; your light/dark theme choice is stored locally in your browser. Our hosting provider (Google Firebase Hosting) may process standard request logs (such as IP address and user agent) to operate and secure the service.

For details, see our Privacy Policy.

5. Your responsibilities

Dictation makes mistakes. You are responsible for reviewing transcribed text before relying on it or sending it anywhere, for the content you dictate, and for where you insert it. Use the App and the Site only in compliance with the laws that apply to you, including any laws governing audio recording in your jurisdiction.

6. The Site and automated access

The Site's content (text, graphics, and the interactive demo) belongs to us or our licensors. You may view the Site, link to it, and quote it with attribution.

Search engines and AI assistants are welcome to crawl and index the Site and to use its content to answer questions about GhostQuill — see robots.txt and llms.txt. We ask that answers attribute or link to the Site where practical. Automated traffic that degrades the service is not allowed.

7. Third-party components

The App and the Site may include third-party and open-source components; such components are governed by their own license terms.

8. Disclaimers

THE SITE AND THE APP ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE", WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ACCURACY, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT TRANSCRIPTION WILL BE ACCURATE, THAT THE APP WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, OR THAT IT IS SUITABLE FOR SITUATIONS WHERE TRANSCRIPTION ERRORS COULD CAUSE HARM (FOR EXAMPLE, MEDICAL, LEGAL, OR EMERGENCY USE).

9. Limitation of liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR LOST DATA, LOST PROFITS, OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO THE SITE OR THE APP. OUR TOTAL LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS WILL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT YOU PAID US FOR THE APP IN THE TWELVE MONTHS BEFORE THE CLAIM (WHICH IS ZERO WHILE THE APP IS FREE).

Some jurisdictions do not allow certain warranty exclusions or liability limits. Where that is the case, the above applies to the fullest extent permitted, and nothing in these Terms limits rights you have as a consumer under mandatory law.

10. Changes to the App and to these Terms

We may update, suspend, or discontinue the App or the Site at any time. We may also update these Terms; material changes will be posted on this page with a new effective date. Using the Site or the App after a change takes effect means you accept the updated Terms.

11. Termination

You may stop using the App at any time by deleting it. Your license ends automatically if you materially breach these Terms. Sections that by their nature should survive (including 3, 4, 8, 9, and 12) survive termination.

12. Governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of [COUNTRY], excluding its conflict-of-law rules, and disputes are subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of [CITY, COUNTRY] — without limiting any mandatory consumer protections of your country of residence.

13. Contact

Questions about these Terms: s.zaycev.dev@gmail.com.