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Welcome to Side Project Hub, a website to discover amazing side projects. We are excited to have you here together with us. Before diving into our website, please agree to these terms of service beforehand, as it will be enforced throughout the service, which are meant to protect you and us.
Introduction
Side Project Hub is a website blog where we share amazing side projects and resources for all indie makers around the world. Side Project Hub is a place for everyone to find amazing side projects, discuss about everything and much more.
Eligibility
To use Side Project Hub, you must be 13 years old or 16 years old (for certain regions) to read Side Project Hub. If you are between 13/16 and 18 (or your country’s legal age), you must have permission from a parent or legal guardian to use the service, and they must agree to these terms on your behalf. By using this service, you represent and warrant that you meet the age requirements and agree to any applicable parental consent requirements. If we learn that a person under 13 or the local age of consent is using the service without consent, we reserve the right to delete their account and content.
Not Acceptable Usage
This is a small website, where creativity could strive, which is why we expect some user conduct from all of our users. We have a separate Community Guidelines in addition to these terms. These are some things that we do not allow for all of our users, including but not limited to:
Post stolen or illegal content
Harass, bully, stalk or threaten anyone
Hate speech, racisms, sexism
Spam, scam, phishing or malware
Post private information about someone without permissions.
Porn or graphic adult stuffs
Misleading/fake content or clickbait
Resell your account to others
Attempting to interfere with this services
Violating these guidelines may result in content removal, account suspension or termination. We strictly moderate content and user activities to maintain a safe and respectful community but we do not review every submissions. Nevertheless, we reserved the rights to monitor, remove or disable access to any content or account at our sole discretion, without notice if we believe its violate these terms or could harm the services. We explicitly reserve the rights to take actions, such as issuing warnings, temporarily suspending accounts or permanently banning users, as well as remove any content posted by users. If we found any content violated laws, we will act based on and required by law. We may immediately suspend or disable features or terminate your account if you repeatedly breach our rules or create a serious problem. Please remember that we do not promise to routinely screen or pre-approved content, so please use the service at your own risks.
Advertising, Affiliate & Sponsorship
Side Project Hub is free to users but is supported by advertising, affiliate partnerships and sponsorships. We may display third party advertisements on the website and include affiliate links within content. If you click an affiliate link or make a purchase through one of our link, we may earn a little commission. In the spirit of transparency and compliance with the FTC, any content that earning us a commission will be clearly labelled as affiliate or sponsored content. Please refer to our disclaimer page for more information.
Please took note that third party ads and affiliate offers are provides by external merchants and we do not endorse or guarantee the quality of those. products or services. We are not liable for any issues arising from transactions you make with advertisers or affiliate partners. Any of your interactions with advertisers are solely between you and the advertisers.
Intellectual Property (IP)
We own everything regarding Side Project Hub, including but not limited to name, logo and design. All of the content is the exclusive property of Side Project Hub or its licensors and is protected by copyright and trademark laws. You may not copy, re-distribute or use our copyrighted materials for any purposes without our expressed written permissions, with our names and logos are our trademarks and you are not allowed to use them without authorisation.
By contributing any content to our blog website, you represent that you have the legal right to do so. If you have submitted code, text, images or other materials, they must be your own or properly licensed to you. Please do not post unlicensed content to this blog, which we strongly respect intellectual property rights and expect you to do the same.
Copyright Claims & DMCA Notice
If you believe that your copyrighted work has been posted on Side Project Hub without your permission, you may send a copyright infringement notice to us through our email. Your notice must comply with the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and Malaysia Copyright Act 1987 (Act 332) requirements, and include a notice with all of these information but are not limited to these only:
A description of the copyrighted work you claimed has been infringed.
A description of where on our website the infringing material appears.
Your contact information so we can contact you easily (address, email, phone).
A statement that you have a good faith belief the material is not authorised by the copyright owner.
A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorised to act on their behalf.
Your electronic or physical signature.
Please send DMCA notices to our email ( jst.tan@jst-tan.com ). We will respond to valid notices by promptly removing or disable access to the allegedly infringing content. If you unintentionally misidentify content as infringing, you may be legally liable, so please ensure before submitting a claim.
Disclaimers of Warranties
Your use of Side Project Hub is at your own risks. The service is provided “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE” without any kind of warranties, either expressed or implied. We do not guarantee that the service can be provided uninterrupted, error-free or free or harmful components. We strongly disclaim any and all warranties, including those of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement, where we make no promises about the accuracy, reliability or completeness of any content on the website.
For example, while users share projects and comments in good faith, we does not endorse or verify them. You should treat any advices, recommendations or content on the platform carefully and judge it at your own discretion. We are not responsible for any losses or damages resulting from our reliance on or use of any content on the website.
Limitation of Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, Side Project Hub will not liable for any damages related to any indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages arising out of or related to these terms, our use or inability to uses the service, or user content, whether based on warranty, contract, tort including negligence, or any other legal theory, even if we have been informed of the possibility of such damages. In no event will our total liability to you for all claims exceed the amount paid (if any) by you to Side Project Hub for accessing or using the service. This allocation of risks is part of our agreement with you and shall survive any termination or expiration of these terms.
Indemnification
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Side Project Hub, and our owner from and against any and all claims, liabilities, losses, damages, costs and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of or related to:
Your breach of these terms of any law.
Your user content including any claim that your content infringes someone’s rights.
Your use of the service.
This means you will be responsible for any costs we incurred if a third party sues us because of something you did or posted.
Governing Laws & Dispute Resolutions
These terms and any disputes arising out of or related to them are governed by the laws of Malaysia where Side Project Hub is based from, without regard to conflict of law rules. Any disputes, claim or controversy between you and Side Project Hub arising from these terms or your use of the service will be resolved through binding arbitration or in the courts of our jurisdiction at our sole discretion.
Before filing a formal dispute, we encourage both you and Side Project Hub to seek an amicable resolution through discussions or mediation. If arbitration is selected, it will be conducted in Malaysia and in the English language. Each party will bear its own costs and attorneys’ fees, unless the arbitrator decides otherwise.
If a court finds any part of these terms invalid or unenforceable, that part will be modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it enforceable and the rest of the terms will remains in full force. No failure or delays by us in enforcing any rights under these terms will waive that rights.
Service Availability
We may modify, suspend or discontinue any part of the service, including content or features at any time and without notice. While we strive to provide uninterrupted service and keep this website running, but there may be periods of downtime for maintenance or upgrades. We will try to make the most reasonable efforts to minimise any disruption to any and all of our users. We couldn’t guarantee the full availability and continuous operation of our services at all times throughout the year, but we will try our best to achieve the highest availability possible. We will not be liable to you if the website is unavailable at any time for any period, and we reserve the right to refuse services to anyone for any reason at any times.
Third Party Services
Our service may integrate or link to third party tools, services or content on our website. Any uses of those third party services is at your own risks and subjects to the third party’s terms. We do not endorse or control these external services and we are not responsible for the legality, quality or content of anything provided by them. We may also use open source or third party software to run our services, where those components are governed by their own licenses.
Changes to These Terms
We reserved the right to change or update these terms at any times. When we do, we will revise the “Last Updated” date at the top. By continuing to use the service after we post any changes, you accepted the updated terms. We recommended that you review these terms each time you visit or use the service. We may notify you of any terms changes through email if you have an account or through site-wide notices.
Miscellaneous
No Waiver: If we do not enforce a provision of these terms, it is not a waiver of our rights. Any waiver by us of a breach will not waive any subsequent breach.
Severability: If a court finds any part of these terms unenforceable, the remaining provisions will still apply.
Entire Agreement: These terms, together with any other policies constitute the entire agreement between you and Side Project Hub regarding the service, superseding any prior agreements.
Amendment
We reserve the right to amend and change these terms at any time based on our own discretion. We will post all of the new updates in this page, where we will try our best to notify you through email or website notifications. All amendments will become effective in 2 weeks after publication of the changes. Your continued use of this service after changes to these terms means you accept and agreed to the new terms. Please remember that it is your responsibility to review these periodically and stop using this service if you do not agree to the changes.
Contact Us
These terms were last updated on 4 June 2025. We may post a new version here, so please check for updates. If you have questions about these terms or needed to contact us, for support, legal notices or otherwise, you can reach us at: jst.tan@jst-tan.com .
Thanks you for being part of Side Project Hub! By using our platform, you agree to follow these terms, respect the community and help us maintain a great environment for showcasing indie and side projects.