# Terms of Service

Last updated 29 October 2026

These terms govern your use of Ankinize, a sync server and REST API for Anki. By creating an account or logging in you agree to them and to the [Privacy Policy](https://ankinize.com/privacy). If you do not agree, do not use the service.

## The service

Ankinize stores your Anki Collection and Media Files and syncs them with your Anki clients, and exposes the same data through a REST API. The service is free to use within the storage limit of your plan. Features, limits and plans may change; we will try to give notice of changes that affect you.

## Your account

- You must give a working email address and verify it.
- Keep your password, API keys and Host Keys secret. You are responsible for what happens under your account.
- One person, one account. Do not create accounts to get around limits.
- Disposable email addresses are not accepted.

## Your content

Your cards, notes and media stay yours. You give us only the permission needed to store, process and transmit them in order to run the service for you. You promise that you have the right to upload what you upload.

## Acceptable use

Do not use Ankinize to:

- store or share anything illegal, or that infringes the rights of others;
- host files unrelated to your Anki Collection, or use it as general file storage;
- attack, probe or overload the service, or bypass rate limits and quotas;
- access accounts or data that are not yours.

We may suspend or remove accounts that break these rules, and we may limit access to protect the service.

## Storage and backups

Storage Usage counts the Collection and every Media File. Syncing can overwrite one side with the other (a Full Sync). Keep your own backups of anything you cannot afford to lose; you can export your data at any time.

## Ending your account

You can delete your account at any time from the dashboard, which removes your Collection and media. We may end or suspend your access if you breach these terms, and will tell you why where we can.

## No warranty and limited liability

Ankinize is provided *as is*, without promises of uptime or that it is free of errors or data loss. To the extent the law allows, we are not liable for indirect or consequential losses, and our total liability is limited to the amount you paid us in the 12 months before the claim.

## Self-hosted servers

Ankinize is also software you can run yourself. On a server run by someone else, that operator is responsible for the service and for your data, and these terms are theirs to set.

## Changes and contact

We may update these terms. Material changes will be announced on the service, and continued use after that means you accept them. Questions about these terms go to [contact@ankinize.com](mailto:contact@ankinize.com).