rainlit

Terms of service

Last updated October 3, 2026

The rules for using rainlit.app, in plain language. By making an account, you agree to them.

Rainlit is run by one person, its developer. You can reach them at rainlit.app@gmail.com. The privacy policy says what Rainlit keeps about you.

Anyone can run their own Rainlit server. These terms are for rainlit.app. A server someone else runs has its own rules, and whoever runs it is responsible for it and what's on it. Rainlit's developer doesn't run those servers, can't see what's on them, and isn't responsible for them.

Your account

• You need to be at least 13 to use Rainlit, or older where your country's law says so.
• You're responsible for your account and what's done with it, so keep your password to yourself.
• You can delete your account whenever you like (see the privacy policy for what that deletes).

The rules

Everywhere on Rainlit, including in spaces and private conversations, don't:

• share anything sexual involving anyone under 18. Ever. It's reported to the authorities (in the US, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children), and a copy of it and of the account that shared it is kept for them for a year, as the law requires;
• share nudity or sexually explicit things (porn), even in a channel marked 18+;
• share real gore: real people or animals being badly hurt or killed, unless it's news;
• threaten, harass or bully people, or attack them for who they are (like their race, religion, gender, sexuality or disability);
• share someone's private information, or intimate pictures of them, without their permission;
• encourage anyone to hurt themselves or others;
• spam, scam, phish, or send anything meant to harm people's devices;
• pretend to be someone you're not, to fool people;
• post things you don't have the right to share, like someone else's work;
• break the law, where you are or where the people you're talking to are;
• get into accounts or information that aren't yours, or try to break or overload Rainlit.

The people who run a space can add their own rules there, and remove messages or members. These rules still apply in every space.

18+ channels

A space can mark a channel 18+, for things only adults should see, like horror, gory films and games, or crude jokes. Before one opens, Rainlit asks you once whether you're 18 or older: only go in if you are (if the birthday you signed up with says you're younger, they stay closed until you turn 18). These rules apply there too, so nudity, sexually explicit things and real gore aren't allowed in them either.

What you post

What you post is yours. You let Rainlit store it and show it to the people you shared it with, only so Rainlit can work. Make sure you have the right to post it.

Supporting Rainlit (Glow)

Supporting Rainlit with Glow is up to you: $5 a month or $50 a year, and tips. What Glow gets you is on its page. It's sold for Rainlit by Stripe (you'll see it as sold through Link), which takes the payment and handles the tax, receipts and refunds, under its own terms.

• It renews until you stop it. You can stop any time, from the support page or at link.com, and keep your perks until the end of what you've paid for.
• Refunds go through Link's support (support.link.com), under its rules and your country's law.
• Deleting your account stops your support at once, without a refund for the rest of that month or year.
• Perks can change, but not in the middle of what you've already paid for, and for anything big you'll be told at least 3 days ahead, as with these terms. Sharper streams in voice channels depend on how much Rainlit's voice traffic that month allows (the support page says how).
• Tips are one-off gifts, and don't come with perks.

When the rules are broken

Rainlit can remove what breaks them, and lock or delete accounts, and reports anything illegal to the authorities. You'll usually be told why. If you think a decision was wrong, email rainlit.app@gmail.com and it'll be looked at again.

If you see something that breaks the rules, report it (from the message's or person's menu), or email.

Intimate pictures shared without permission

If someone has shared an intimate picture or video of you without your permission (a real one, or one made to look real, like a deepfake), report it from the message's or person's menu, picking "Intimate pictures shared without permission". Or email rainlit.app@gmail.com with where it is on Rainlit, that it's of you (or that you're asking for the person in it), that they didn't agree to it being shared, how to reach you, and your name to sign it. It's taken down within 48 hours, along with any copies of it found on Rainlit, and the account that shared it may be removed.

Copyright

If something on Rainlit uses your work without permission, email rainlit.app@gmail.com with what the work is, where it's being used on Rainlit, how to reach you, and that you own it (or act for the owner). It'll be taken down. Accounts that keep doing it are removed.

Rainlit, as it is

Rainlit is free (supporting it is up to you), and made by one person. It's offered as it is: it may have bugs, it may sometimes be down, and features may change. As far as the law allows, Rainlit isn't responsible for losses from using it or not being able to, or for what other people post.

If Rainlit ever has to close, you'll be told well ahead where possible. Rainlit's code is free software (AGPL-3.0), so it can always be run by someone else. The name and logo aren't part of that.

The law

These terms are under the laws of the State of Wisconsin, in the United States. If you live somewhere whose laws give you rights that terms like these can't take away (like the EU or the UK), you keep them.

Changes

If these terms change, the new version goes here with its date. For anything big, Rainlit tells you in the app at least 3 days before it starts (sooner only if something can't wait, like a change the law needs). Using Rainlit after that means you agree to the new terms.

See also the privacy policy. Questions: rainlit.app@gmail.com.