Support Terms

Abu Terminal is free to use. If you choose to support the project financially, these terms describe exactly what that payment is — and, just as importantly, what it is not.

1. Support is voluntary

Nothing on Abu Terminal is behind a paywall. Support is entirely optional. Choosing not to support the project has no effect whatsoever on your access, your data, or your experience.

2. You receive nothing in return

Support does not unlock features, content, data, storage, priority, badges, or early access. This is deliberate. Support is voluntary support — a tip made without expectation of goods or services in return — toward the running costs of the project. It is not a purchase. If a benefit is ever attached to supporting, these terms will change first and the change will be stated plainly on this page.

3. Support is not an investment

Supporting Abu Terminal does not give you:

• equity, shares, or ownership of any kind;
• a revenue share, profit share, or any claim on future income;
• tokens, coins, or any digital asset;
• a security, note, loan, or debt instrument;
• voting rights, governance rights, or influence over the product;
• preferential or early access to information of any kind.

No financial return of any kind is offered, implied, or should be expected. If you are looking for an investment, this is not one.

4. Not a charitable donation

Abu Terminal is an independent project, not a registered charity or non-profit. Support payments are not tax-deductible, and no receipt for tax-relief purposes can be issued in any jurisdiction. You remain responsible for your own tax position.

5. Tax characterisation

Describing a payment as "support", "tip" or "contribution" describes the relationship between you and this project. It does not determine how the payment is treated for tax purposes. Applicable taxes and reporting obligations are determined under applicable law, and we make no representation about the treatment of a payment in your jurisdiction or in ours.

6. How payments are handled

Ko-fi facilitates the support interaction. Payments are made directly to the operator through the connected third-party payment provider, such as PayPal or Stripe. Ko-fi does not hold the support funds on behalf of Abu Terminal. Abu Terminal never sees, handles or stores your card details, and no payment form is hosted on this site. Your payment is also subject to Ko-fi's own terms and privacy policy. A billing question about a specific transaction should go to Ko-fi first.

7. Recurring support

If you choose recurring support, it is voluntary recurring financial support only. It is not a subscription to Abu Terminal and does not provide access to features, content, services or other benefits, and it creates no entitlement to the continued operation of Abu Terminal or to future content.

Recurring support continues until you cancel it through the applicable Ko-fi or payment-provider controls. Cancellation affects future payments only, subject to any mandatory rights under applicable law.

8. Refunds

Because support buys nothing, support payments are non-refundable as a rule. That said, there is no interest in keeping money someone did not mean to send: if you supported by mistake, or in an amount you did not intend, get in touch within 14 days and it will be refunded wherever the payment provider allows. Repeated or abusive refund requests may be declined.

Nothing in these Support Terms limits any mandatory refund, consumer, payment or other legal right that cannot lawfully be waived.

9. Eligibility

You must be at least 18 years old and using your own funds. Please do not support the project with money you cannot comfortably give away, and do not support on someone else's behalf without their permission. Any payment may be declined or returned at our discretion.

10. Beta status

Abu Terminal is in public beta. Features may change, break, or be removed, and the service may be suspended or discontinued at any time. Supporting the project creates no obligation to keep it running, to maintain any particular feature, or to deliver any roadmap item.

11. What support actually pays for

Server hosting, market-data access, language-model usage, domain and email costs, and the time of one person building this alongside a full-time job. That is the whole list.

12. Changes to these terms

These terms may be updated. Changes are posted on this page with an updated date. Support given before a change is governed by the terms in force at the time it was given.

13. Contact

Questions about support, or a refund request, can be sent through the contact page.

Last updated: 16 August 2026.