Plain terms for a free app.

These terms apply to the Rowie app for macOS and the website at rowie.app. By downloading, installing or using Rowie you agree to them. If you do not, do not use the software.

Rowie is made by MVP STACK LLC. "We" and "us" mean MVP STACK LLC; "you" means the person or organisation using the software.

Rowie is free. You may install and use it on as many Macs as you like, for personal or business use, for as long as you like. There is no licence key, no subscription and nothing to renew.

You may share the download link, but not sell Rowie, bundle it with something you sell, or pass off a modified copy as ours. Get it from rowie.app, so you know it is the signed, notarized build.

You may not reverse engineer, decompile or modify the app, except where the law expressly allows it.

Updates are free. If we ever charge for a future version, we will say so plainly, and the free versions you already have keep working.

We may add, change or retire features between releases. We do not promise any particular feature will exist forever.

Before Rowie was free it was sold with a licence key. If you bought one, it keeps working in the versions that ask for it, and Rowie 1.2 and later need no key at all. Questions about an earlier purchase go to hello@rowie.app.

Rowie runs on your Mac and reads the files and databases you open in it. It never uploads them to us; the privacy page describes what the app does send.

Rowie only reads: sorting, filtering and hiding columns change what you see, never the file or database. Exports are written to new files you choose. Even so, you are responsible for your own data, and we recommend keeping a backup. We cannot be responsible for loss of data on your Mac or your servers.

Rowie connects to the servers and databases you point it at, using your own SSH keys and credentials. You are responsible for having permission to access them.

Rowie relies on open-source software, including DuckDB, the MongoDB C driver and Sparkle, which are governed by their own licences. They are provided by their authors, not by us.

Rowie is provided as is. We work hard to make it accurate and reliable, but we do not warrant that it is free of errors, that every file will be read exactly as another program reads it, or that it will suit a particular purpose. To the fullest extent the law allows, we exclude all implied warranties.

To the fullest extent the law allows, our total liability to you for anything arising from Rowie, the website or these terms is limited to the amount you paid us for it, if anything. We are not liable for indirect or consequential loss, including lost data, lost profits or lost time.

Nothing in these terms limits liability that cannot be limited by law, including consumer rights that apply where you live.

You may stop using Rowie at any time by deleting the app.

We may update these terms. The date at the top changes when we do, and continued use after a change means you accept it. Material changes will be noted on this page.

Questions go to hello@rowie.app. How we handle your data is set out on the privacy page.