Last updated November 3, 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.
While valv is in beta, you may use it free of charge for personal and commercial work, on as many devices as you like. No license key is needed. If we introduce paid plans, we will tell you in advance and these terms will describe them. We may withdraw your right to use valv if you breach 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 are not selling licenses at the moment; valv is free during the beta. Licenses bought earlier were sold through our partner Polar as merchant of record: that purchase contract is with Polar, which handles payment, invoicing, taxes, and refunds under its own terms, and those licenses stay valid.
You can stop using valv 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 updates and downloads, depend on services run by us; 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 it 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.