Terms of Service

By accessing or using salsas.app, the Salsa desktop application, the Salsa mobile application, or any related services (collectively, the "Service"), you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms of Service ("Terms"). These Terms constitute a legally binding agreement between you and Salsa ("we," "us," or "our").

If you are accepting these Terms on behalf of a company, organization, or other legal entity, you represent and warrant that you have the authority to bind such entity to these Terms. In that case, "you" and "your" shall refer to such entity.

If you do not agree to these Terms, you must not access or use the Service. Your continued use of the Service following the posting of revised Terms constitutes your acceptance of those changes. We reserve the right to update or modify these Terms at any time, and we will notify you of material changes by posting a notice on salsas.app or by sending you an email at the address associated with your account.

Salsa is an AI-native execution platform built on a local-first architecture. The Service runs primarily on your own hardware—your Mac, iPhone, or iPad—processing your data locally rather than routing it through centralized cloud servers. Salsa provides autonomous agents that plan, quality-review, and execute work inside isolated virtual machine sandboxes, ensuring that untrusted code and AI-generated outputs never directly touch your host operating system.

The platform includes capabilities such as event-sourced state management, tiered LLM routing across local and cloud models, team collaboration and federation, work item tracking, plan generation and autonomous execution, and secure sandboxed code execution. These features are designed to work together as an integrated execution runtime.

Salsa is currently available for macOS and iOS. Additional platform support may be added in the future at our discretion. The Service requires compatible hardware and a supported operating system version to function properly. Certain features, such as cloud model escalation (Tier 2 and Tier 3 routing), require an active internet connection and may incur credit charges as described in Section 6.

We reserve the right to modify, update, or discontinue any feature of the Service at any time. We will endeavor to provide reasonable notice of material changes, but are not obligated to maintain any specific feature or functionality indefinitely.

Salsa is currently available through a limited beta program. Access to the beta is provided at our sole discretion and is non-transferable. Your beta access code is single-use and personal to you. You may not share, sell, or otherwise distribute your beta access credentials to any third party.

You acknowledge and agree that beta software is provided for evaluation and testing purposes. The Service may contain bugs, errors, and incomplete features. It may not operate as expected in all circumstances, and data loss or corruption is possible. You are solely responsible for maintaining backups of any data you use with the Service during the beta period.

We make no guarantee of availability, uptime, or performance during the beta program. We may modify, suspend, limit, or discontinue the beta program, or your access to it, at any time and for any reason without prior notice. Beta features may be changed, removed, or replaced before or at general availability. The beta program does not create any obligation on our part to release a final version of the Service or to continue providing the Service on any particular terms.

You retain full ownership of all data, content, files, documents, and materials that you input into, create with, or store using the Service ("User Content"). Salsa does not claim any ownership rights over your User Content. Nothing in these Terms transfers ownership of your intellectual property to us.

Salsa is designed with a local-first architecture. Your User Content is processed and stored primarily on your own device. We do not access, collect, or store your User Content on our servers unless you explicitly opt in to cloud features such as team federation, gateway tunneling, or cloud model escalation. Even when cloud features are used, data transmission is end-to-end encrypted and we process your data solely to provide the requested functionality.

By using the Service, you grant us a limited, non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to process your User Content solely as necessary to operate, maintain, and provide the features of the Service to you. This license is limited to the technical operations required for service delivery, such as rendering your data in the user interface, routing queries to AI models you have selected, and synchronizing data between your devices when federation is enabled. This license terminates when you stop using the Service or delete your User Content.

You represent and warrant that you own or have the necessary rights to all User Content you provide, and that your User Content does not violate any applicable law or the rights of any third party.

You agree to use the Service only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms. You are responsible for all activity that occurs under your account or through your use of the Service, including actions taken by autonomous agents you configure or deploy.

You agree not to use the Service to:

• Violate any applicable local, state, national, or international law or regulation
• Distribute malware, viruses, worms, trojan horses, or any other malicious or harmful code
• Circumvent, disable, or otherwise interfere with security-related features of the Service, including the DSP protocol, CommandGuard, or VM sandbox isolation
• Reverse-engineer, decompile, disassemble, or attempt to derive the source code of any proprietary portion of the Service
• Overload, flood, or otherwise impair the availability or performance of the Service or its infrastructure, including the gateway tunnel system
• Impersonate any person or entity, or falsely state or misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity
• Harass, abuse, threaten, or intimidate any other user of the Service or any third party
• Use the Service to generate, store, or distribute content that is unlawful, defamatory, obscene, or otherwise objectionable
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to other users' accounts, devices, or data
• Use the Service for any purpose that competes directly with Salsa without our prior written consent

We reserve the right to investigate and take appropriate action against anyone who, in our sole discretion, violates this provision, including removing content, suspending or terminating accounts, and reporting violations to law enforcement authorities.

During the beta period, access to the Service is provided free of charge. Following the conclusion of the beta program, the Service will transition to a tiered pricing model. We will provide reasonable advance notice before any paid features take effect, and you will have the opportunity to review and accept the applicable pricing before incurring any charges.

Tiered Usage Model

Salsa uses a tiered model for AI model routing. Tier 0 (on-device models) and Tier 1 (fast cloud models) usage is included at no additional cost. Tier 2 (balanced models) and Tier 3 (frontier models) require a positive credit balance in your account. If your credit balance is insufficient for a requested tier, the system will automatically downgrade your request to Tier 1 to ensure continued functionality.

Credits

Credits are a virtual currency used to pay for cloud model escalation and other premium features. Credits are non-refundable once purchased. Credits are non-transferable between accounts. Unused credits do not expire unless your account is terminated. We reserve the right to modify credit pricing and the credit cost of specific operations with reasonable advance notice.

The Service, including all software, source code, documentation, visual design, branding, trademarks, logos, user interface elements, and associated intellectual property (collectively, "Salsa IP"), is owned by Salsa and is protected by United States and international intellectual property laws, including copyright, trademark, patent, and trade secret laws.

Subject to your compliance with these Terms, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use the Service for your personal or internal business purposes. This license does not include the right to copy, modify, distribute, sell, lease, sublicense, or create derivative works based on any Salsa IP, except as expressly permitted by these Terms or applicable law.

Certain components of the Service may incorporate open-source software. Such open-source components are licensed under their respective open-source licenses, and nothing in these Terms restricts your rights under, or grants you rights that supersede, the terms of any applicable open-source license. A list of open-source components and their licenses is available upon request.

If you provide us with feedback, suggestions, or ideas regarding the Service ("Feedback"), you grant us an unrestricted, irrevocable, perpetual, royalty-free license to use, modify, and incorporate such Feedback into the Service without any obligation to you.

Your privacy is fundamental to Salsa's design. Our collection, use, and sharing of personal information is governed by our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into these Terms by reference. By using the Service, you acknowledge that you have read and understood our Privacy Policy and consent to the practices described therein.

Salsa's local-first architecture means that the vast majority of your data processing occurs on your own device and is never transmitted to our servers. When cloud features are used, all data in transit is protected by end-to-end encryption. We do not sell your personal data to third parties, and we do not use your User Content to train AI models unless you explicitly opt in through the training participation setting in the application.

In the event of any conflict between these Terms and the Privacy Policy with respect to the treatment of personal information, the Privacy Policy shall control. We encourage you to review the Privacy Policy periodically, as it may be updated from time to time.

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, SALSA DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

SALSA DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE, THAT THE RESULTS OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICE WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE, OR THAT ANY ERRORS IN THE SERVICE WILL BE CORRECTED. BETA SOFTWARE, BY ITS NATURE, MAY CONTAIN DEFECTS AND IS PROVIDED FOR EVALUATION PURPOSES ONLY.

THE SERVICE INCLUDES AI-POWERED FEATURES THAT GENERATE OUTPUTS BASED ON MACHINE LEARNING MODELS. SALSA DOES NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, RELIABILITY, OR SUITABILITY OF ANY AI-GENERATED OUTPUT. AI-GENERATED OUTPUTS MAY CONTAIN ERRORS, OMISSIONS, OR INACCURACIES. YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR REVIEWING, VALIDATING, AND VERIFYING ALL AI-GENERATED OUTPUTS BEFORE RELYING ON THEM OR TAKING ACTION BASED ON THEM.

SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES. IN SUCH JURISDICTIONS, THE EXCLUSIONS SET FORTH ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN THAT CASE, SUCH WARRANTIES ARE LIMITED IN DURATION TO THE MINIMUM PERIOD PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL SALSA, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, AFFILIATES, SUCCESSORS, OR ASSIGNS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH DAMAGES ARE BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SALSA HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, SALSA'S TOTAL CUMULATIVE LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OR YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE SHALL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) ONE HUNDRED UNITED STATES DOLLARS ($100.00 USD) OR (B) THE TOTAL AMOUNTS YOU HAVE PAID TO SALSA IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM.

THE LIMITATIONS SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION SHALL APPLY EVEN IF ANY LIMITED REMEDY PROVIDED IN THESE TERMS FAILS OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE. THE FOREGOING LIMITATIONS ON LIABILITY ARE AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT OF THE BASIS OF THE BARGAIN BETWEEN YOU AND SALSA.

Some jurisdictions do not allow the limitation or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages. In such jurisdictions, the limitations set forth above shall apply to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Salsa, its officers, directors, employees, agents, affiliates, successors, and assigns from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including but not limited to reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or in connection with: (a) your use of the Service; (b) your User Content; (c) your violation of these Terms; (d) your violation of any applicable law or regulation; or (e) your violation of any right of a third party, including any intellectual property, privacy, or proprietary right.

We reserve the right, at your expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter for which you are required to indemnify us, and you agree to cooperate with our defense of such claims. You agree not to settle any such claim without our prior written consent. We will use reasonable efforts to notify you of any such claim, action, or proceeding upon becoming aware of it.

This indemnification obligation shall survive the termination or expiration of these Terms and your use of the Service.

We may suspend or terminate your access to the Service at any time, with or without cause, and with or without notice. Grounds for termination include, but are not limited to: violation of these Terms, engagement in fraudulent or illegal activity, conduct that we determine, in our sole discretion, to be harmful to other users, third parties, or the integrity of the Service.

You may discontinue your use of the Service at any time. Because Salsa operates on a local-first architecture, your data resides on your own device and remains under your control even after you stop using the Service. You are not required to take any specific action to retain your local data.

Upon termination of your access, your right to use the Service ceases immediately. Any credits remaining in your account at the time of termination are forfeited and non-refundable. If you have data stored through cloud features such as gateway tunneling or federation, we will retain that data for a period of thirty (30) days following termination, after which it may be permanently deleted. You are responsible for exporting any cloud-stored data before the end of this retention period.

The following sections of these Terms shall survive termination: Sections 4 (User Content & Data Ownership), 7 (Intellectual Property), 9 (Disclaimers), 10 (Limitation of Liability), 11 (Indemnification), 15 (Governing Law & Disputes), and this Section 12.

The Service may be subject to export control and sanctions laws and regulations of the United States and other jurisdictions, including the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) administered by the U.S. Department of Commerce and economic sanctions programs administered by the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).

You represent and warrant that: (a) you are not located in, under the control of, or a national or resident of any country to which the United States has embargoed goods or services, including but not limited to Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, and the Crimea, Donetsk, and Luhansk regions; (b) you are not identified on any U.S. Government restricted party list, including the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List; and (c) you will not use the Service in violation of any applicable export control law or regulation.

You agree to comply with all applicable export control and sanctions laws in your use of the Service. If you access the Service from outside the United States, you are responsible for compliance with all applicable local laws regarding the import, export, or re-export of the Service or any data processed through it.

The Service may integrate with, connect to, or otherwise interact with third-party services, platforms, and APIs, including but not limited to: AI model providers accessed through OpenRouter, voice services provided by Onzoe, version control platforms, and other external tools and services. These integrations are provided for your convenience and to enhance the functionality of the Service.

Your use of any third-party service is governed solely by the terms of service, privacy policies, and other agreements applicable to that third-party service. Salsa is not responsible for the availability, accuracy, legality, or any other aspect of any third-party service. We do not endorse and are not liable for any content, advertising, products, or other materials available through third-party services.

If you choose to use Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) functionality to connect your own API keys from third-party model providers, you are solely responsible for your relationship with those providers, including any costs incurred, compliance with their usage policies, and the security of your API credentials. Salsa stores BYOK credentials locally on your device and does not transmit them to our servers.

You acknowledge that the availability and functionality of third-party integrations may change at any time without notice from us, and that such changes may affect the features available to you within the Service.

These Terms and any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Service shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, United States of America, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods does not apply to these Terms.

Binding Arbitration

Any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to these Terms or your use of the Service that cannot be resolved through informal negotiation within thirty (30) days shall be resolved exclusively through final and binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association ("AAA") under its Commercial Arbitration Rules. The arbitration shall be conducted by a single arbitrator, and the seat of arbitration shall be Wilmington, Delaware. The arbitrator's decision shall be final and binding and may be entered as a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction.

Class Action Waiver

YOU AND SALSA AGREE THAT EACH PARTY MAY BRING CLAIMS AGAINST THE OTHER ONLY IN YOUR OR ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS, CONSOLIDATED, OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION. Unless both you and Salsa agree otherwise in writing, the arbitrator may not consolidate the claims of more than one person and may not otherwise preside over any form of a representative or class proceeding.

Opt-Out Right

You have the right to opt out of the binding arbitration and class action waiver provisions of this section by sending written notice of your decision to opt out to legal@salsas.app within thirty (30) days of your first use of the Service. Your notice must include your name, mailing address, and a clear statement that you wish to opt out of the arbitration clause. If you opt out, all other provisions of these Terms will continue to apply, and any disputes will be resolved in the state or federal courts located in Wilmington, Delaware.

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding these Terms of Service, please contact us using the information below.

Legal Inquiries

For legal matters, including questions about these Terms, the arbitration clause, DMCA notices, or subpoena compliance, please contact us at legal@salsas.app. We will endeavor to respond to legal inquiries within five (5) business days.

General Questions

For general questions about the Service, your account, technical support, or feedback, please contact us at hola@salsas.app or use the contact form on our website at salsas.app.

Miscellaneous

These Terms constitute the entire agreement between you and Salsa with respect to the Service and supersede all prior agreements, understandings, and communications, whether written or oral. If any provision of these Terms is found to be unenforceable, that provision will be enforced to the maximum extent permissible, and the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect. Our failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. You may not assign or transfer your rights under these Terms without our prior written consent. We may assign our rights and obligations under these Terms without restriction.