Terms of Service

Last updated: October 4, 2026

1. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing or using the swappy documentation website, you agree to comply with and be bound by these Terms of Service. If you do not agree to these terms, please do not use this site.

2. Open Source License

The swappy software utility, shell scripts, and Ansible playbooks are open-source software licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 (GPL-3.0). You are permitted to run, modify, redistribute, and study the software under the conditions stated in the GPL-3.0 license.

3. Disclaimer of Warranties

The software and documentation are provided "as is", without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.

Modifying disk partitions, creating swap files, and manipulating virtual memory require administrative (root or sudo) privileges. While swappy follows standard Linux kernel practices, you are responsible for testing operations in non-production environments and verifying available disk space before allocating swap files.

4. Limitation of Liability

In no event shall the authors, maintainers, or copyright holders be liable for any claim, damages, data loss, disk full conditions, or other liability arising from the use of or inability to use the software or the instructions provided on this site.

5. Changes to Terms

We reserve the right to revise or update these Terms at any time without prior notice. Continued use of the website following changes constitutes acceptance of those changes.