Terms of Service

Last updated: 2026-07-23

1. Scope

These Terms of Service govern the licensing and use of the application "CtxVault" (the "Software"), which is developed and licensed by lukas josef unternehmungen (the "Provider"), for consumers and businesses worldwide. CtxVault is currently distributed as a macOS application; a Windows version is announced and in preparation, but the Provider does not commit to a binding release date (see Section 4). Your license is not tied to a specific platform and requires no separate purchase if a Windows build becomes available. The purchase transaction itself is concluded with Polar as the seller (Merchant of Record); see Section 2.

2. Contract formation — purchase handled by Polar

The presentation of the Software on this website is not a binding offer, but an invitation to order. The purchase itself is processed entirely by Polar, which acts as Merchant of Record in its own name. The purchase contract for the Software is formed with Polar upon completion of checkout, and Polar's own Buyer Terms and Conditions govern that transaction (pricing, payment, invoicing, worldwide tax/VAT/sales-tax handling). These Terms, including the license under Section 3, are referenced at Polar's checkout and are additionally presented for acceptance when you first activate the Software. Upon completion of your purchase with Polar, the Provider grants you the license described below.

3. License scope (EULA)

4. System requirements / platform availability

CtxVault is currently distributed for macOS only; the macOS version requires macOS 14 or later. Current system requirements are also listed on the product page. A Windows version has been announced and is in preparation, but is not yet released. This announcement does not entitle you to a specific release date. Once released, a Windows build will be covered by your existing license (see Section 1) at no extra cost.

5. Pricing and payment

The price shown on the product page at the time of order applies (currently €14,99, one-time). For consumers in the EU and the United Kingdom, this is the final price inclusive of value-added tax. Outside those regions, Polar adds the sales tax or other tax applicable in your region at checkout. Pricing, payment, invoicing, and tax handling are carried out by Polar as Merchant of Record (see Section 2). Payment is processed exclusively through the payment methods offered by Polar.

6. Delivery / license key

After successful payment, Polar automatically sends you an order confirmation and your personal license key by email. Your license key is activated the first time you launch the Software and periodically re-validated with Polar afterwards, and re-activated if you move to a new device (see the Privacy Policy).

If the Provider permanently discontinues the license activation and revalidation service and does not provide a successor service, the Provider will make available, within a reasonable time, an update or activation mechanism that allows continued use of the Software on your activated device without periodic online revalidation.

7. Right of withdrawal / refunds

Because the purchase contract is concluded exclusively with Polar as Merchant of Record (see Section 2), any statutory right of withdrawal and all refund requests are handled by Polar, not by the Provider. If you are a consumer, you have a statutory right of withdrawal of fourteen (14) days for the purchase of digital content under your contract with Polar; it is exercised by a clear statement towards Polar. This right expires early once performance of the contract begins (that is, once your personal license key is made available to you), provided that, before completing the purchase, you have (i) expressly consented to performance beginning before the withdrawal period has expired and (ii) acknowledged that you thereby lose your right of withdrawal. This consent is obtained at Polar's checkout before payment.

Refunds are administered by Polar under its Buyer Terms and Conditions. Details, including who to contact for withdrawal and refund requests, are set out in Refunds & Right of Withdrawal.

8. Warranty

Statutory warranty rights apply where mandatory under your local law. The Provider gives no guarantee that the Software will run error-free on every system; current system requirements are listed on the product page (macOS 14 or later).

9. Liability

The following limitations apply to any liability of the Provider in connection with the Software, regardless of the legal basis. Statutory warranty rights remain unaffected (see Section 8). The Provider's liability for intent and gross negligence, and under any applicable product liability law, remains unaffected. Liability for ordinary negligence is limited to foreseeable, contract-typical damages resulting from breach of a material contractual obligation (i.e. an obligation whose fulfilment is essential to the proper performance of the contract and on whose fulfilment you may regularly rely), and is otherwise excluded, except where such limitation is not permitted by mandatory law (e.g. for injury to life, body, or health).

10. User-configured behavior (custom templates & settings)

CtxVault can be configured by you — in particular via the optional "custom template" for the text that is inserted at your terminal. Any template you enter, and any other setting you change, is your own configuration and your own responsibility. The Provider is not liable for the content, correctness, or consequences of text that CtxVault inserts as a result of a template you have set, changed, or allowed a third party on your device to set. CtxVault never executes commands itself: it only inserts text; it never confirms or runs it on your behalf. You are responsible for reviewing inserted text before you act on it. The Provider's liability under Section 9 remains unaffected.

11. Intellectual property and permitted use

The Software, including its source and object code, structure, user interface, and all related materials, is protected by copyright and remains the property of the Provider; the license under Section 3 grants you a right of use only, not any ownership. Except to the extent such a restriction is prohibited by mandatory law, you may not: (a) reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble the Software, except as permitted by mandatory law (in particular observing, studying, and testing under §69d(3) UrhG / Art. 5(3) of Directive 2009/24/EC, and decompilation for interoperability under §69e UrhG / Art. 6 of that Directive); (b) copy the Software, except for one backup copy where necessary to secure future use (§69d(2) UrhG) and copies inherent in the intended use; (c) distribute, sublicense, rent, or lend the Software; (d) create derivative works of it; or (e) remove, alter, or circumvent any licensing, activation, or attribution mechanism, except to the extent mandatory law permits. Permanent transfer of your license under Section 3 remains unaffected. If you materially breach this Section, the Provider may terminate your license for good cause. Where the breach can be remedied, termination requires that you fail to remedy it within a reasonable period after notice; no notice is required where the breach is so serious that immediate termination is justified. Statutory rights remain unaffected.

12. Secrets detection — best-effort, no guarantee

CtxVault includes an optional "secrets guard" that attempts to recognize common credential formats (such as API keys or tokens) and to offload them into your local vault instead of leaving them in a paste. This feature is provided on a best-effort basis. The credential formats currently recognized are listed on the product page; within those formats, detection is based on pattern matching. The Provider does not guarantee that the secrets guard detects every secret, that it detects variant, malformed, truncated, or custom formats, or that it prevents a secret from being pasted, displayed, or disclosed through input paths it does not cover. In particular: the protection at your terminal is tied to intercepting the Cmd+V key combination on supported keyboard layouts and does not cover other paste paths or input methods; and offloaded content — including detected secrets — is stored as an ordinary local file in your chosen vault folder, which may exist on disk until it is deleted and, on solid-state storage, may not be physically unrecoverable after deletion. You remain responsible for the secure handling of your own credentials. The Provider's mandatory liability under Section 9 remains unaffected.

13. Nature of the Software

Statements on the product website that CtxVault runs locally, sends no telemetry, and that clipboard content does not leave your device describe the Software's design and its network behavior for its core clipboard functionality. They are not a warranted property in the sense of a guarantee (§443 BGB) and do not extend to your operating system, other software on your device, or the Software's own network communication, namely the license activation and periodic revalidation with Polar that the Software requires to verify your license, and the optional update check (which you can disable in Settings); both transmit only the data described in the Privacy Policy. The mandatory rights under Sections 8 and 9 remain unaffected.

14. Changes to these Terms

The Provider may amend these Terms for future purchases. Purchases already completed remain governed by the Terms in effect at the time of that purchase.

15. Governing law

These Terms are governed by the law of the Federal Republic of Germany, excluding the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG). This does not deprive you of any mandatory consumer-protection provisions of the country in which you have your habitual residence. If any provision of these Terms is invalid, the remaining provisions remain unaffected.