Decky Loader Terms and Conditions

Introduction and Acceptance of Terms

This page is the agreement between you and the operator of this independent guide site for your use of the site. It covers reading guides, using reference material, following links, and sending feedback or corrections. It does not cover Decky Loader itself, any plugin, or any third-party site you visit from here, each of which has its own terms, documentation, or instructions. For an overview of the software, its purpose, and the topics covered in our guides, visit our Decky Loader homepage.

Acceptance happens through use: by continuing to use this site after reading this page, you accept the rules on this page. You do not need to create an account to read guides, and no separate signature is required. If a rule on this page changes, the updated version will be posted here, and continued use after that update follows the updated version, as explained in the changes section below.

Website Use and Eligibility

Permitted Use of the Website

You may use this site for personal, non-commercial reading, learning, and reference. That includes reading guides, checking facts against official sources, and sharing a link to a page, with credit to this site as the source of the explanation. You may quote a short passage for discussion or review, provided the quotation is accurate, is not presented as official documentation, and does not misrepresent what the page says.

Prohibited Activities

You must not use this site for unlawful purposes, for activity that harms the site or other visitors, or for activity that misleads readers about the source or authority of content. That includes copying whole articles and presenting them as your own, presenting this site’s guides as official Decky Loader documentation, attempting to disrupt the site, and using content from this site in a way that infringes the rights of others. Automated scraping that harms availability, or that copies content at scale, is also prohibited.

Intellectual Property and Copyright

Articles on this site are written originally, and the text, structure, and explanations on this site belong to the operator, except where a name, screenshot, or description belongs to its own owner. You may not reproduce whole articles, republish them as if they were your own, or sell them, without permission. Short quotations for discussion or review, as described above, are permitted, provided they are accurate and credited.

If you believe material on this site infringes your copyright or other rights, please report it through the contact page, with the page address and the material in question, so it can be reviewed. A report that identifies the material clearly allows a faster review than a general claim, and material found to infringe will be removed or corrected.

Decky Loader Name, Trademarks, and Affiliation

This site is independent and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or connected to Valve Corporation, Steam, or the Decky Loader project and its developers, including the Steam Deck Homebrew community. Decky Loader, Steam, Steam Deck, and other product names mentioned here belong to their respective owners, and their use on this site is solely to identify the software and hardware being discussed.

No affiliation should be inferred from a guide, a comparison, a plugin mention, or a link to an official site or repository. This site does not speak for the project, cannot announce project changes, and cannot settle support cases. For authoritative announcements and documentation, readers should consult official sources directly, starting with decky.xyz and the official project repository.

Third-Party Links and Resources

This site links to third-party sites, including the official Decky Loader site and repository, plugin developers’ pages, and other resources that may help a reader verify a claim or go deeper. Those sites are operated by others, and this site does not control, endorse, or guarantee their content, availability, accuracy, or practices. A link is provided for convenience and verification, not as an endorsement of everything on the linked site.

Information Accuracy and Disclaimer

Information on this site is checked against official documentation and the official project repository where a fact matters, and uncertain claims are not presented as established facts. Even so, accuracy cannot be guaranteed: Decky Loader is actively developed software, features and menus can change between releases, plugins are maintained on different schedules, and a page written earlier may become outdated before it is revised. Where this site and official documentation differ, official documentation prevails.

Guides on this site are general information only, not professional, technical, or legal advice, and not a substitute for official instructions or for advice from a qualified professional where that advice is needed. Installing third-party software and changing system settings carry risk, and you make those changes at your own discretion, after backing up anything important and reading official instructions alongside any guide here. Before installing software or using plugins, read our Decky Loader safety and compatibility guide to understand the potential risks and important precautions.

Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent stated on this page, this site does not accept liability for loss or damage arising from reliance on the information here, from installing or updating Decky Loader or any plugin, or from changing system settings after reading a guide. That includes, as examples, a failed installation, a plugin that does not work as expected, lost data that was not backed up, and time spent troubleshooting, where those outcomes follow from a decision you made after reading general information on this site.

This limitation is a statement of this site’s position in a general information page, not legal advice, and it does not remove any right you may have under applicable law. If you need advice about your specific legal position, you should seek advice from a qualified professional, rather than relying on this page. Nothing on this site is intended to mislead a reader about a right they hold.

Privacy and Personal Information

Reading guides on this site does not require you to provide personal information to this site, and no account is required to read articles. If you send a message through the contact page, that message will be used only to reply to you, to correct an error, or to consider a suggestion, and it will not be sold or used for unrelated purposes. For full detail on how personal information is handled, see the privacy page for this site (/privacy-policy), which should be read alongside this section. For full details on how personal information is handled, read our Decky Loader Privacy Policy, which should be considered alongside this section.

Standard server logs kept by the hosting provider may record technical details, such as IP addresses, for security and operation of the site, and this site’s operator does not use those logs to identify individual visitors. If analytics, advertising, commenting, or any other tool that collects personal information is added in future, the privacy page must be updated first to describe it, and this section should be read with that updated privacy page, not on its own.

Changes to These Terms and Conditions

This page may be updated from time to time to reflect changes in the site, in official documentation, or in the way information is presented. The updated version will be posted on this page, and continued use of the site after an update follows the updated version. No effective date or version history is stated here, because none has been supplied for publication; if a date is added in future, it will be shown on this page.

A change to this page does not retroactively change the fact that earlier information may have become outdated, and it does not create a guarantee for future content. Readers who rely on a guide for a significant change should re-check both this page and the relevant official sources at the time they act, rather than relying on a version they read earlier.

Termination of Website Access

The operator may change, suspend, or end access to this site, or to part of it, at any time, for example to maintain the site, to remove incorrect content, or to stop prohibited use. Where access is ended for an individual visitor, it will be for a reason connected to the rules on this page, such as prohibited use, rather than for an unrelated reason. No account is required to read guides, so termination here means access to the site itself, not closure of an account.

Ending access does not remove the limits already stated on this page for information you have already read or acted on, and it does not create a right to continued access to a page that has been removed or corrected. If access to a page you need has ended, check whether the page has been moved, updated, or replaced, and use official sources for the underlying software question in the meantime.

Governing Law

No governing law is stated on this page, because none has been supplied for publication. This section is included so that a governing law can be added here in future, if the operator chooses to state one, without restructuring the page. Until a law is stated here, readers should not assume that any particular jurisdiction applies from this page alone, and should seek professional advice if the governing law matters to a specific dispute.

The absence of a stated governing law does not remove any right you may have under applicable law, and it does not change the limits on accuracy and liability stated elsewhere on this page. If a governing law is added, it will be shown in this section, with any change to this page handled as described in the changes section above.

Contact Information

If you have questions about these terms, need to report incorrect information, or wish to raise a copyright concern, please contact us through our Contact Us page. Please include the page address and, for a correction or a rights report, the exact material in question, so it can be reviewed against official sources. No email address is listed here, because none has been supplied for publication for this page.

In summary, use this site for personal reading and reference, respect the permitted and prohibited uses above, check official sources before acting, and treat every guide as general information, not as a promise. If you continue to use this site, you accept these terms and conditions as updated on this page, and you should re-check this page if you return after a significant gap.