Terms of service

Last updated: 12 June 2026.

DeathList is a small, self-hosted service for keeping track of informal debts between friends. By creating an account you agree to the following — written in plain language on purpose.

What this service is

• A shared notebook: it records who owes whom, with comments, receipts, and settlement confirmations both sides can see.
• A dead-man's switch: after a long, configurable silence and unanswered check-ins, a person you nominated gets read and mark-settled access to the debts owed to you.

What this service is not

• Not a legal record. Entries here are informal bookkeeping between people who trust each other, not contracts, invoices, or evidence of enforceable debt.
• Not estate authority. Collector access is a courtesy view of a ledger. It grants no legal authority to collect debts of a deceased person; inheritance and estates are matters for the law of your country, not this app.
• Not a payment processor. SEPA QR codes are convenience shortcuts for your own banking app. Money never moves through DeathList.

Your responsibilities

• Only record debts the other person actually knows about.
• Keep your collector addresses accurate — they are first contacted when it matters, so a typo means your switch fires into the void.
• No unlawful use, no harassment via comments or guest links.

The operator's side

• The service is provided as-is, no uptime guarantee — it is self-hosted software run in spare time, with nightly encrypted backups and reasonable security measures (described in the privacy policy).
• Accounts that abuse the service can be locked. You can leave any time: export your data and delete the account in Settings.

Contact

Questions: [email protected].