Terms of Use

Your rights and responsibilities when using Stack Toast

Last updated: January 1, 2025

Welcome to Stack Toast! These Terms of Use ("Terms") govern your use of our Laravel boilerplate, AI Cocktail package, community platform, and related services (collectively, the "Services") provided by Stack Toast ("we," "our," or "us").

By purchasing, downloading, or using Stack Toast, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you disagree with any part of these terms, you may not use our Services.

1. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing or using Stack Toast services, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy.

These Terms constitute a legally binding agreement between you and Stack Toast. If you are entering into these Terms on behalf of a company or other legal entity, you represent that you have the authority to bind such entity to these Terms.

You must be at least 18 years old to use our Services. By using our Services, you represent that you meet this age requirement.

2. Description of Services

Stack Toast provides:

  • Stack Toast Laravel Boilerplate: A comprehensive Laravel 12 foundation with authentication, payment processing, user management, admin dashboard, and 200+ production-ready features
  • AI Cocktail Package: AI integration system supporting 100+ AI models with pipeline automation for content, image, voice, and video generation
  • Community Access: Discord community platform for developers using Stack Toast
  • Documentation and Support: Comprehensive guides, examples, and community support
  • Updates and Maintenance: Regular updates, security patches, and new features

Our Services are designed for developers, agencies, and businesses building web applications, SaaS platforms, and AI-powered solutions using Laravel.

3. License and Usage Rights

What You Can Do:

  • Use Stack Toast for unlimited personal and commercial projects
  • Modify, customize, and extend the code to meet your requirements
  • Create unlimited applications and SaaS products based on Stack Toast
  • Deploy applications to any production environment
  • Remove or modify Stack Toast branding from your applications
  • Build and sell applications to your customers using Stack Toast
  • Use within your organization or for client work
  • Access lifetime updates and community support

License Scope:

Your license is non-exclusive, non-transferable, and granted for the lifetime of the product. Each license is tied to the purchaser and cannot be shared or transferred to third parties.

Upon purchase, you receive full GitHub access to the Stack Toast repository, allowing you to download, fork, and maintain your own copy of the codebase.

4. Restrictions and Prohibited Uses

You May NOT:

  • Resell, redistribute, or sublicense the Stack Toast source code itself
  • Sell Stack Toast as a boilerplate, template, or starter kit
  • Create competing boilerplate products using Stack Toast code
  • Share the original source code with third parties or developers
  • Use Stack Toast to create templates, themes, or boilerplates for resale
  • Redistribute Stack Toast on marketplaces, code repositories, or similar platforms
  • Reverse engineer, decompile, or attempt to extract the source code of proprietary components
  • Use our Services for any illegal or unauthorized purpose
  • Violate any laws in your jurisdiction
  • Transmit viruses, malware, or any other malicious code

Important Distinction:

✅ ALLOWED: Building and selling applications that use Stack Toast as a foundation

❌ NOT ALLOWED: Selling the Stack Toast code itself as a boilerplate or template

5. Payment and Refunds

Payment Terms:

  • Stack Toast is offered as a one-time purchase with lifetime access
  • Payment is required before accessing the software and community
  • Prices are subject to change but existing customers are not affected
  • All payments are processed through secure, third-party payment processors
  • Taxes may apply based on your location and local regulations

Refund Policy:

We offer a 30-day money-back guarantee from your purchase date. To be eligible for a refund:

  • Request must be made within 30 days of purchase
  • You must demonstrate genuine effort to use Stack Toast for a project
  • Refunds are not available for abuse or immediate download-and-refund attempts
  • Upon refund, your GitHub access will be revoked, but you may keep downloaded code

"Ship in 7 Days" Challenge:

We guarantee that by following our setup guide, you can ship a meaningful project within 7 days of active development. If you cannot achieve this timeline despite genuine effort, we'll provide a full refund.

6. Community Guidelines

Our Discord community is designed to be a supportive environment for developers. By participating, you agree to:

  • Be respectful and professional in all interactions
  • Provide constructive feedback and help other members
  • Stay on-topic and avoid spam or self-promotion
  • Respect intellectual property and not share Stack Toast source code
  • Follow Discord's Terms of Service and Community Guidelines
  • Report inappropriate behavior to moderators

Prohibited Community Behavior:

  • Harassment, bullying, or discriminatory language
  • Sharing copyrighted materials or Stack Toast source code
  • Excessive self-promotion or spam
  • Requesting or offering pirated software
  • Discussions of illegal activities

Violations may result in warnings, temporary suspension, or permanent ban from the community.

7. Intellectual Property

Our Rights:

Stack Toast retains all rights, title, and interest in and to the Services, including all intellectual property rights. This includes:

  • The Stack Toast brand, logo, and trademarks
  • The original architectural design and patterns
  • Documentation, tutorials, and educational content
  • Future updates and enhancements

Your Rights:

Upon purchase, you receive:

  • Full ownership of the code you download and any modifications you make
  • Right to use, modify, and build upon the codebase
  • Ability to remove our branding from your applications
  • Freedom to host and deploy anywhere

Third-Party Components:

Stack Toast includes third-party open-source components (Laravel, Alpine.js, Tailwind CSS, etc.) which remain subject to their respective licenses. These components are clearly identified in our documentation.

8. Disclaimers and Limitations

Service Disclaimer:

Stack Toast is provided "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" without warranties of any kind, either express or implied. We do not warrant that:

  • The Services will meet your specific requirements
  • The Services will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free
  • The results obtained from using the Services will be accurate or reliable
  • Any defects in the Services will be corrected

Limitation of Liability:

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Stack Toast shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including without limitation, loss of profits, data, use, goodwill, or other intangible losses, resulting from your use of the Services.

AI Integration Disclaimer:

AI Cocktail integrates with third-party AI services. We are not responsible for:

  • Third-party AI service availability, accuracy, or costs
  • Content generated by AI models
  • Compliance with AI service terms of use
  • Data privacy practices of AI providers

9. Termination

Your Rights:

You may stop using our Services at any time. Upon termination:

  • You retain rights to any code you've downloaded
  • Your applications built with Stack Toast continue to function
  • Community access will be revoked
  • Future updates will not be available

Our Rights:

We may terminate or suspend your access immediately if you:

  • Violate these Terms of Use
  • Engage in prohibited activities
  • Abuse or misuse the Services
  • Initiate chargebacks or fraudulent payment disputes

Effect of Termination:

Upon termination, your GitHub access will be revoked, but you retain ownership of any code you've previously downloaded and applications you've built.

10. Updates and Modifications

Service Updates:

We regularly update Stack Toast with:

  • Security patches and bug fixes
  • Laravel framework updates
  • New features and improvements
  • Additional AI model integrations
  • Performance optimizations

Terms Updates:

We may modify these Terms at any time. We will notify users of significant changes through:

  • Email notifications to registered users
  • Community announcements
  • Updates on our website

Continued use of the Services after changes constitute acceptance of the new Terms.

11. Governing Law

These Terms shall be interpreted and governed by the laws of [Your Jurisdiction], without regard to conflict of law provisions.

Any disputes arising from these Terms or your use of the Services shall be resolved through:

  • Good faith negotiation first
  • Binding arbitration if negotiation fails
  • Courts of [Your Jurisdiction] for matters that cannot be arbitrated

You agree to resolve disputes individually and waive any right to class action proceedings.

12. Contact Information

If you have questions about these Terms of Use or need to contact us regarding your account:

Stack Toast Support

  • Email: support@stacktoast.com
  • Community: Discord channel for community support
  • Documentation: Comprehensive guides and FAQ
  • Response Time: 24-48 hours for support inquiries

For legal matters or formal notices, please use written communication via email. We aim to respond to all inquiries promptly during business hours.

Last Updated: January 1, 2025
Version: 1.0

These Terms of Use are effective immediately upon your use of Stack Toast services.