Terms of service

Last updated: 2026-06-10

The plain version of what you can and can’t do with Mirepoix, and what Mirepoix won’t do to you. Written in English, not legalese.

What Mirepoix is and isn’t

Mirepoix is a hosted recipe tool for households. It’s in beta — the service is best-effort, and it runs on a single small server. Uptime is the goal, but reboots and maintenance happen.

What you can do

• Use Mirepoix for your kitchen’s recipes, pantry, shopping, and meal planning.
• Invite people you trust to your kitchen.
• Export your data anytime — see Export for the path.
• Leave any kitchen, delete your kitchen, or delete your account at any time.

What you can’t do

• Access kitchens you don’t belong to, or attempt to.
• Probe the service for security weaknesses without coordinating with the operator first. Responsible disclosure is welcome — see the contact at the bottom of this page.
• Upload content that’s illegal where the operator is located (Virginia, USA).
• Misrepresent who you are, particularly when accepting invitations.
• Scrape the site or abuse rate limits.

Your content

Your recipes are yours. By using Mirepoix, you grant the operator only the rights needed to store your content and display it back to you and your kitchen’s members. The operator does not relicense, resell, or use your content to train machine-learning models. See Data and privacy for the full picture, including the one narrow exception around shared-catalog improvement.

Availability and beta status

There’s no uptime guarantee. The service is provided “as is” — the goal is high availability, but don’t depend on Mirepoix for business-critical workflows. Export your data periodically as a backup.

Account termination

You can leave or delete your kitchen, or delete your account, at any time. The operator may terminate accounts that violate these Terms after a notice attempt. The only no-notice case is unambiguous abuse — spam, fraud, or attacks on other kitchens.

Changes to these terms

These Terms may change over time. Every change that affects what these Terms mean is recorded, dated, in the Changes list at the bottom of this page — that list is the canonical record of what changed and when. (Typo fixes and rewording that leave the meaning intact are made quietly.)

We’ll email the address on your account in one case only: when a change adds a new restriction on what you can do. That’s the one kind of change you can’t avoid by simply not using a feature, so it’s the one that warrants reaching your inbox. Everything else — new features, optional integrations, clarifications, or anything that narrows what the operator collects — is recorded in the Changes list, not emailed.

You can leave or delete your account at any time if you don’t like a change.

No warranty

Mirepoix is provided as-is, without warranty of any kind. The operator can’t guarantee the service will be available, error-free, or fit for any particular purpose. The operator’s liability for any loss arising from your use of the service is limited to what’s required by law.

Governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States.

Contact

For questions about these Terms or our Data and Privacy practices, file an issue at the project’s bug tracker.

Changes

• 2026-06-10 — Narrowed when changes are emailed: only a change that adds a new restriction on what you can do is announced by email now. Everything else — new features, clarifications, narrowing what the operator collects — is recorded here in this Changes list instead.
• 2026-05-25 — Initial publication.

Last updated July 3, 2026