Terms of Service

1. What Piperace does

Piperace is a tunneling service that exposes your local HTTP server to the internet via a secure encrypted connection. All traffic between your computer and our servers is encrypted using TLS.

2. Traffic monitoring

Because traffic passes through our servers, we have technical visibility into HTTP requests routed through your tunnel. We collect and may inspect the following metadata for security and abuse prevention purposes:

• URL paths and HTTP methods of incoming requests
• IP addresses of visitors accessing your tunnel
• HTTP status codes and response times
• Volume of traffic (bytes in / bytes out)

We do not store request or response bodies. Metadata logs are retained for up to 30 days.

We log and store the following IP addresses for security and abuse prevention:

• Tunnel client IP — the IP address of the device running the Piperace client
• Visitor IP — the IP address of each person accessing your tunnel URL

IP addresses are stored alongside request metadata and may be used to investigate abuse, respond to legal requests, or identify malicious activity.

3. Acceptable use

You may not use Piperace to:

• Host phishing pages, fake login forms, or any content designed to deceive users
• Distribute malware, ransomware, or any malicious software
• Run spam campaigns or send unsolicited communications
• Host illegal content of any kind
• Conduct fraud, scams, or any activity that harms other people
• Violate the rights of any third party

Piperace is intended for developers testing and sharing local applications. Any other use is at your own risk and may result in account termination.

4. Moderation and content review

To enforce these Terms and protect users from abuse, our moderation team may access URLs shared through Piperace tunnels. This means a Piperace moderator may open and review any publicly accessible page hosted via your tunnel without prior notice.

Moderation actions may be triggered by automated traffic analysis, abuse reports, or routine safety checks. If a violation is found, we may suspend your account immediately without warning.

5. Account termination and DNS revocation

We reserve the right to suspend or terminate your account at any time if we determine that you are in violation of these Terms. Upon account suspension:

• All active tunnel DNS records are immediately removed
• Your tunnel subdomains become unreachable within 60 seconds (DNS TTL)
• You will not be able to create new tunnels

6. Service availability and maintenance

We reserve the right to perform scheduled or unscheduled maintenance at any time. During maintenance windows the service may be fully or partially unavailable.

We do not guarantee any specific level of uptime or availability. Active tunnels may be interrupted at any time due to maintenance, infrastructure upgrades, security incidents, or other operational reasons.

Piperace shall not be liable for any losses, damages, or inconveniences caused by service downtime, interruptions, or data loss resulting from maintenance or infrastructure work.

8. Service disclaimer

The service is provided "as is" without any warranty of uptime, reliability, or fitness for a particular purpose. We may change or discontinue the service at any time.

9. Contact

If you have questions about these Terms or want to report abuse, contact us at [email protected].