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Open Terms Archive

Open Terms Archive records every change to the terms of digital services. Our community analyses these changes, shifting the power balance against big tech.
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Open Terms Archive records and makes visible every change to the terms of digital services.
Our community analyses these changes, shifting the power balance from big tech towards end users.

  1. 💡 Learn more on opentermsarchive.org.
  2. 📑 Read memos of what Open Terms Archive can expose.
  3. 🕵️ Explore the datasets and find fishy stuff.
  4. 📣 Share your findings with #TermsSpotting.

We initially focus on institutional partners and are progressively opening up contribution to Open Terms Archive in ways that are sustainable, productive and joyful. 📨 Contact us if you’d like to contribute!

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  1. engine engine Public

    Tracks contractual documents and exposes changes to the terms of online services.

    JavaScript 126 39

  2. deployment deployment Public

    Ansible collection to set up the infrastructure of and deploy an Open Terms Archive instance.

    Jinja 4 2

  3. docs docs Public

    User documentation website for Open Terms Archive

    CSS 5 5

  4. terms-types terms-types Public

    Database of terms types enabling comparison of terms across services no matter how they are named by the provider.

    JavaScript 8 4

  5. opentermsarchive.org opentermsarchive.org Public

    https://opentermsarchive.org

    HTML 9 1

  6. demo-declarations demo-declarations Public template

    Services needed to operate the Open Terms Archive engine. Maintained by Open Terms Archive.

    JavaScript 1 5

Repositories

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  • genai-eu-declarations Public

    Declarations for GenAI Governance Archive. Maintained by ZeMKI.

    OpenTermsArchive/genai-eu-declarations’s past year of commit activity
    JavaScript 0 AGPL-3.0 2 26 2 Updated Feb 24, 2026
  • opentermsarchive.org Public

    https://opentermsarchive.org

    OpenTermsArchive/opentermsarchive.org’s past year of commit activity
    HTML 9 EUPL-1.2 1 10 2 Updated Feb 24, 2026
  • vlopses-us-versions Public

    Terms versions for VLOPSEs United States. Maintained by Open Terms Archive.

    OpenTermsArchive/vlopses-us-versions’s past year of commit activity
    1 0 0 0 Updated Feb 24, 2026
  • vlopses-au-versions Public

    Terms versions for VLOPSEs Australia. Maintained by Open Terms Archive.

    OpenTermsArchive/vlopses-au-versions’s past year of commit activity
    0 0 0 0 Updated Feb 24, 2026
  • vlopses-gb-versions Public

    Terms versions for VLOPSEs United Kingdom. Maintained by Open Terms Archive.

    OpenTermsArchive/vlopses-gb-versions’s past year of commit activity
    0 0 0 0 Updated Feb 24, 2026
  • contrib-snapshots Public

    Documents snapshots for contrib collection. Maintained by Open Terms Archive.

    OpenTermsArchive/contrib-snapshots’s past year of commit activity
    HTML 0 0 0 0 Updated Feb 24, 2026
  • pga-snapshots Public

    Snapshots of terms of major social media platforms. Maintained by the Platform Governance Archive team, University of Bremen.

    OpenTermsArchive/pga-snapshots’s past year of commit activity
    HTML 1 0 0 0 Updated Feb 24, 2026
  • contrib-versions Public

    Documents versions that are not maintained by a dedicated actor. Maintained collaboratively by volunteer contributors.

    OpenTermsArchive/contrib-versions’s past year of commit activity
    153 10 5 0 Updated Feb 24, 2026
  • pga-versions Public

    Versions of terms of major social media platforms. Maintained by the Platform Governance Archive team, University of Bremen.

    OpenTermsArchive/pga-versions’s past year of commit activity
    35 5 1 0 Updated Feb 24, 2026
  • vlopses-ca-versions Public

    Terms versions for VLOPSEs Canada. Maintained by Open Terms Archive.

    OpenTermsArchive/vlopses-ca-versions’s past year of commit activity
    0 0 0 0 Updated Feb 24, 2026
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