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title: "Terms of Service - PaneStack"
description: "The terms for using PaneStack, the Finder alternative for Mac."
canonical: https://panestack.app/terms.html
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# Terms of Service

Last updated: 14 November 2026

PaneStack is owned and published by Sheik Ahamed ("we"). These terms cover the PaneStack app for Mac ("the Software") and this website. By downloading, installing or buying the Software, you agree to them.

## 1. Licence

PaneStack is licensed, not sold. When you buy, you get a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to use the Software on one Mac at a time. You can move it to another Mac by choosing Deactivate This Mac on the first one. The licence is a one-time purchase and includes every future version of the Software for as long as we publish them. There is no subscription.

## 2. No free trial

PaneStack asks for a licence when it first opens, and every window is locked until it has one. Instead of a trial, you can get a full refund within 7 days of buying (see Refunds).

## 3. Purchases and payment

Purchases are processed by Dodo Payments, our merchant of record, which handles payment, sales tax and VAT. Your licence key is delivered by email after payment. Launch prices go up as copies sell, and the price shown at checkout is the price you pay. Price changes don't affect licences you already hold.

## 4. Refunds

You can ask for a full refund within 7 days of buying. See the [Refund Policy](https://panestack.app/refund.html).

## 5. Restrictions

You may not share, resell or publish licence keys, get around the licence check, or reverse engineer the Software except where the law allows it. You may not use the Software to break any law.

## 6. Your files

PaneStack copies, moves, renames, compresses, converts and deletes files when you ask it to, or when you set up a folder rule that does so. Most operations can be undone, but some can't: deleting immediately, emptying the Trash, and anything done on a remote server. You remain responsible for your files and for keeping backups of them.

## 7. No warranty

The Software is provided "as is", without warranty of any kind, including fitness for a particular purpose. It relies on macOS features that Apple may change.

## 8. Limit of liability

To the extent the law allows, our total liability for any claim about the Software or these terms is limited to what you paid for your licence. We are not liable for indirect or consequential losses, including lost data.

## 9. Ending your licence

We may revoke a licence that is shared publicly, obtained fraudulently or used against these terms. A refunded licence stops working. You can stop using the Software at any time.

## 10. Changes

We may update the Software and these terms. Material changes will be noted on this website, and continuing to use the Software means you accept them.

## 11. Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of the country where Sheik Ahamed lives. Consumers keep any rights that local law says cannot be waived.

## 12. Contact

Questions? Write to [support@panestack.app](mailto:support@panestack.app).