General Terms of Use

Version in force as of 1 October 2026. Using ClicShot means you accept these terms. The Service is for creating mock-ups and illustrations: you may not use it to deceive, defame or impersonate anyone. This English version is a translation; the French version prevails.

Article 1 – Purpose and acceptance

These terms of use (the “Terms”) set the rules for using ClicShot, available at https://www.clicshot.app (the “Service”).

Using the Service, even without an account, means you fully accept these Terms. If you do not accept them, do not use the Service.

In these Terms, “Publisher” means API Studio; “User” or “you” means anyone who uses the Service; “Content” means anything you enter or upload into the Service; and “Visual” means any image created with the Service.

These Terms are written in French. This English version is a translation; if the two differ, the French version prevails.

Article 2 – Publisher and host

The Service is published by API Studio, a French SARL (limited liability company) with share capital of €10,000, registered with the Colmar Trade and Companies Register under number 801 809 558, with its registered office at 20 rue d'Agen, 68000 Colmar, France. Publication director: Charles Berthommé. Contact: hello@api-studio.fr – +33 3 67 30 02 36.

The Service is hosted by Scaleway SAS, 8 rue de la Ville-l'Évêque, 75008 Paris, France.

Further legal information is available in the legal notice.

Article 3 – Description of the Service

ClicShot is a free online tool that turns content provided by the User into an exportable image. It includes seven tools:

• Screenshot: staged screenshots (device frames, backgrounds, annotations, 3D effects), including from a web page address;
• Code: syntax-highlighted code snippets in an editor or terminal window, with optional AI-generated sample code;
• Post: visuals that look like social media posts;
• Testimonial: customer testimonial cards;
• Conversation: visuals that look like messaging app conversations;
• Notification: visuals that look like operating system notifications;
• Announcement: key figure and product update cards.

The Service works without an account. The preview and settings are processed in your browser.

Article 4 – Access and availability

The Service is free. Internet connection costs are borne by the User. A minor uses the Service under the responsibility of their parents or legal guardians.

The Publisher makes reasonable efforts to keep the Service available but does not guarantee it. It may interrupt the Service for maintenance, change it, limit its use (including the number of exports per visitor) or discontinue it, without notice or compensation.

You must not use the Service in an automated or bulk manner (bots, scripts, bypassing usage limits) or take any action likely to disrupt its operation.

Article 5 – Permitted and prohibited uses

ClicShot lets you create Visuals that look like real posts, conversations or notifications. These Visuals are meant to illustrate, not to mislead. You alone are responsible for how you use them.

5.1 Permitted uses

The Service is intended in particular to:

• illustrate a presentation, a training course, an article or marketing material;
• showcase the design of a website, an app or a campaign;
• format a review or a message you actually received, with its author's consent where they can be identified;
• create a parody or pastiche that the public cannot mistake for authentic content.

5.2 Prohibited uses

You may not use the Service, or share a Visual created with it, to:

1. mislead anyone by presenting a Visual as an authentic screenshot of a post, message, conversation or notification that never existed, or by altering the content of a real exchange;
2. impersonate an individual or an organisation, or use data that identifies them in order to disturb their peace or harm their honour or reputation (article 226-4-1 of the French Criminal Code);
3. attribute to someone words they never said, or defame or insult them (French law of 29 July 1881 on freedom of the press);
4. fabricate evidence, create a forgery or use one, in particular before a court, a public authority, an employer, an insurer or a bank (articles 441-1 et seq. of the French Criminal Code);
5. publish fake customer reviews or testimonials, or engage in any misleading commercial practice (articles L. 121-1 et seq. of the French Consumer Code);
6. commit fraud, phishing, CEO fraud or any other deceptive scheme, in particular by imitating communications from a bank, a public authority, a platform or a company;
7. spread false information, in particular about current events, an election or public health;
8. harass, threaten or intimidate anyone;
9. infringe anyone's privacy or image rights, in particular by reproducing their photo, name or phone number without their consent;
10. share unlawful content, including incitement to hatred or violence, glorification of terrorism, pornographic content accessible to minors, or child sexual abuse material;
11. infringe any third party's intellectual property rights.

5.3 “Mock-up” label

When a Visual reproduces the interface of a real platform and is shared outside a context where its fictional nature is obvious, you must state that it is an illustration, for example with the label “Mock-up” or “Simulation”.

Article 6 – User Content

The text, images, screenshots, logos, photos, names, avatars and page addresses you enter or upload remain your sole responsibility. You warrant that:

• you hold the necessary rights to this Content, or the permission of its rights holders;
• you have obtained the consent of anyone recognisable in a photo or identifiable by name, where such consent is required;
• this Content does not breach the law or these Terms.

The Publisher does not review Content before it is used. It is not the author of the Visuals created by Users.

When Content passes through the servers of the Publisher or its providers (web page capture, code generation, exporting or sharing a Visual), you authorise the Publisher to process it only as far as needed to run the Service. This authorisation gives the Publisher no right to use your Content or Visuals for any other purpose.

You indemnify the Publisher against any third-party claim, action or judgment arising from your Content or from the sharing of your Visuals, including reasonable legal fees.

Article 7 – Third-party trademarks and platforms

The names, logos, interfaces and distinctive features of the platforms reproduced or referred to by the Service (including X, Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, TikTok, Threads, Bluesky, Mastodon, iMessage, WhatsApp, Snapchat, Microsoft Teams, Slack, Discord, Twitch, iOS, Android and macOS) belong to their respective owners.

ClicShot and API Studio are not affiliated with, sponsored by or endorsed by these owners. A Visual that looks like one of these platforms was not issued by it and is no evidence of anything posted or exchanged on it.

These elements are reproduced for illustration only. When you share a Visual that looks like a platform, you are responsible for respecting its owner's rights and, where applicable, its brand guidelines. You must not use these elements to suggest any connection with the platform or to disparage it.

Article 8 – Intellectual property

8.1 The Service

The Service, its code, interface, styles, templates, frames, backgrounds and illustrations, as well as the ClicShot name and logo, belong to the Publisher or are licensed to it. Any reproduction, extraction or reuse outside normal use of the Service is prohibited without the Publisher's written consent.

8.2 Visuals

You keep your rights in your Content. For each Visual you create, the Publisher grants you a free, non-exclusive, worldwide licence, for the full term of the rights, to use, reproduce, modify and share it, including for commercial purposes, in accordance with these Terms.

This licence covers the layout provided by the Service (frames, styles, backgrounds). It does not cover third-party elements, in particular the trademarks and interfaces referred to in article 7.

You may not resell or redistribute the Service's styles, frames or templates as such, for example as a template pack.

Article 9 – Features relying on third-party providers

Web page capture. The address you enter is sent to an external provider that loads the page and returns an image. Only enter the address of public pages you are allowed to reproduce, never a page behind a login or containing third parties' personal data.

AI-generated sample code. The description you enter is sent to Mistral AI, which writes the code. This code is provided for guidance only, with no guarantee of accuracy, security or licensing: check it before any use. Do not enter personal data, secrets (passwords, API keys) or confidential information in the description.

The Publisher is not responsible for the downtime or output of these providers.

Article 10 – Personal data

The data processed by the Publisher, the purposes, recipients and retention periods, and your rights are described in the privacy policy. To exercise your rights, write to hello@api-studio.fr. You may also lodge a complaint with the CNIL, the French data protection authority.

If you include third parties' personal data in a Visual (name, photo, phone number, message excerpt), you do so under your own responsibility and must have a legal basis for doing so.

Article 11 – Reporting, removal and suspension

Anyone who believes that a Visual created with ClicShot is unlawful or infringes their rights may report it to hello@api-studio.fr, stating:

• their identity and contact details;
• a description of the Visual and where it is shared (URL or screenshot);
• the reasons for the report and, where applicable, the legal provisions breached.

Where the Visual is hosted by the Publisher, the Publisher removes it promptly if it is manifestly unlawful. Where it is shared elsewhere, the report must be sent to the platform hosting it: the Publisher cannot remove a Visual it does not host.

If these Terms are breached, the Publisher may, without notice, block access to the Service, delete the Visuals it hosts and keep any material useful as evidence. It responds to requests from judicial and administrative authorities as provided by law.

Article 12 – Publisher liability

The Service is provided “as is”. The Publisher does not guarantee that it is error-free or fit for any particular purpose.

The Publisher is not responsible for how a User uses a Visual, in particular for any use contrary to article 5.

To the extent permitted by law, the Publisher's liability is limited to direct damage caused by its proven fault. This limitation does not apply to gross negligence or wilful misconduct, or to personal injury. Nothing in these Terms deprives a consumer of the rights granted to them by law.

Article 13 – Changes, governing law and disputes

The Publisher may change these Terms at any time. The applicable version is the one online when you use the Service. Its date appears at the top of the document.

These Terms are governed by French law. In the event of a dispute, please contact the Publisher first at hello@api-studio.fr to seek an amicable solution. Failing that, the dispute will be brought before the competent court. If you act in a professional capacity, the courts of Colmar, France, have exclusive jurisdiction.