Last updated September 10, 2026.
valv is a desktop app you install on your own machine. It lets you browse your databases and query them with the coding agent you already run. These terms are an agreement between you and Joshua Knauber, c/o POSTFLEX PFX-992-066, Emsdettener Straße 10, 48268 Greven, Germany. By installing or using valv you accept them on behalf of yourself and, where applicable, the organization you represent.
valv is free for personal, non-commercial use. Commercial use requires a paid seat license, one per user, bought through Polar (see Plans and payment). Your license activates the app on your devices; keep your license key secure and do not use valv for commercial work beyond the seats you have bought. We may revoke a license used in breach of these terms.
You keep ownership of the data in your connected databases and everything derived from it. valv runs on your machine and connects directly to your databases, so we do not receive or process the contents of those databases, your queries, or your chats. You are responsible for having the right to connect the sources you connect, and for the credentials you supply. How we handle the limited data we do hold, such as your license and any support email, is described in our privacy policy.
Do not use valv to break the law, to access data you are not authorized to access, or to probe or disrupt infrastructure that is not yours. We may revoke licenses used in breach of these terms.
Paid licenses are sold through our partner Polar as merchant of record: your purchase contract is with Polar, which handles payment, invoicing, taxes, and refunds under its own terms. Prices and what each license includes are shown at checkout. Price changes apply from your next renewal and we will tell you before they do.
Subscriptions renew for the chosen billing period until cancelled; cancellation takes effect at the end of the current period. You can stop using the free version at any time. Uninstalling valv removes the app and its local data from your machine.
valv is software you run on your own machine. We may release updates and change or remove features. Some parts, such as license activation and billing, depend on services run by us or by Polar; we work to keep these available but do not promise a specific uptime, and maintenance or factors outside our control can cause interruptions. If we discontinue valv or materially reduce what a paid license includes, we will give you reasonable advance notice.
We are liable without limit for intent and gross negligence, for injury to life, body, or health, and under the German Product Liability Act. For slight negligence we are liable only for breach of essential contractual duties (duties whose fulfilment makes proper performance of the contract possible in the first place and on which you may regularly rely), and then only up to the damage that is typical and foreseeable for this kind of contract. Beyond that, liability is excluded. For loss of data, our liability is limited to the effort of restoring it from reasonable backups; please keep backups of data you cannot afford to lose.
We may update these terms, for example when the service or the law changes. We will notify you by email or in the app at least 30 days before changes take effect. If a change materially affects you and you do not agree, you can cancel before it takes effect; otherwise the updated terms apply from the stated date.
German law applies, excluding the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. If you are a merchant, a legal entity under public law, or a special fund under public law, the exclusive place of jurisdiction is Berlin. Mandatory consumer protections in your country of residence remain unaffected.
Questions about these terms: contact@valv.sh.