Last updated: May 27, 2026.
These Terms & Conditions (“Terms”) govern your purchase and use of Fregata, a macOS network video recorder published by 3rd Bit Labs LLC (“3rd Bit Labs”, “we”, “us”). By installing, activating, or using Fregata, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not install or use the software.
Subject to your compliance with these Terms and payment of the applicable fee, 3rd Bit Labs grants you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to install and use Fregata on Mac computers you own or control.
Fregata offers a 30-day free trial, activated by requesting a trial key from inside the app. Trial licenses unlock the same feature set as a paid license. When the trial expires, recording and detection halt cleanly; the app displays a modal with options to purchase a paid license or quit. Existing recordings on disk remain accessible. Trial keys may be converted to a paid license at any time without reinstalling.
You may install Fregata on Mac hardware you own or control, for any lawful purpose. This includes:
You are solely responsible for ensuring your use of Fregata complies with all applicable laws — including video- surveillance, privacy, employment, and notice-of-recording laws in your jurisdiction. 3rd Bit Labs does not provide legal advice about whether or how you may record.
You may not:
All purchases are processed by Stripe. 3rd Bit Labs never receives or stores your payment card details. Prices are listed in U.S. dollars; applicable sales tax or VAT may be added at checkout based on your billing location.
Refunds: You may request a full refund within 14 days of your purchase, no questions asked. Reply to your license email to request the refund; we’ll process it via Stripe within a few business days. Refunds issued after 14 days are at our discretion.
Fregata, the Fregata name and logo, and the macOS-specific runtime, supervisor, CoreML detector, build, and packaging work are the property of 3rd Bit Labs and are protected by U.S. and international copyright and trademark laws.
Fregata is built on the open-source Frigate NVR project by Frigate, Inc., available under its open-source license at github.com/blakeblackshear/frigate. Frigate® and the Frigate NVR brand are trademarks of Frigate, Inc. Fregata is an independent derivative product and is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Frigate, Inc.
Your use of Fregata is also governed by our Privacy Policy, which describes the limited data Fregata transmits to our licensing servers (license verification, optional anonymous technical telemetry) and the broader set of data we do not collect. The Privacy Policy is incorporated into these Terms by reference.
Fregata is distributed exclusively as a signed and notarized .app bundle through fregata.app and our release hosts. Fregata is not available on the Mac App Store, and we do not authorize any third-party distribution channels. If you obtained Fregata anywhere else, the copy may have been tampered with and we cannot support or honor a license against it.
We may release updates that add features, fix bugs, change defaults, deprecate functionality, or alter system requirements. While an active update window covers your license, you receive these updates at no additional cost. We do not guarantee that any specific feature will be preserved indefinitely. If a future update raises the minimum macOS version or Mac model required to run Fregata, prior versions you have already received remain yours to use on hardware they support.
FREGATA IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, 3rd Bit Labs disclaims all warranties, including without limitation warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, uninterrupted service, error-free operation, or that defects will be corrected.
Fregata is a tool that helps you record and analyze video. It is not a substitute for a monitored security service, professional installation, or any specific safety or surveillance outcome. Do not rely on Fregata as the sole means of preventing or detecting any event whose consequences you cannot afford to bear.
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law:
Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of certain damages. To the extent those laws apply, the above limitations apply to you only to the maximum extent permitted.
These Terms remain in effect for as long as you use Fregata. You may terminate at any time by uninstalling the app and releasing your license via the license-management page.
We may suspend or terminate your license without refund if you materially breach these Terms — for example, by sharing your key in violation of Section 4, attempting to circumvent licensing protections, or using Fregata for unlawful purposes. We may also suspend a license while investigating a suspected payment dispute or chargeback; such suspensions are reversed promptly if the underlying issue is resolved.
Sections 4 (Restrictions), 6 (Intellectual property), 10 (Warranty disclaimer), 11 (Limitation of liability), 14 (Governing law), and any other section that by its nature should survive termination, will survive.
We may update these Terms from time to time — for example, to reflect changes in the product, pricing, or applicable law. When we do, we update the “Last updated” date at the top of this page. For material changes, we will make a reasonable effort to notify existing licensees at the email address on file. Your continued use of Fregata after a change takes effect constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of New Mexico, U.S.A., without regard to its conflict-of-law provisions. The U.N. Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods does not apply.
Any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or to Fregata that is not resolved informally will be litigated exclusively in the state or federal courts located in New Mexico, and you and 3rd Bit Labs each consent to the personal jurisdiction and venue of those courts.
Questions about these Terms, or notices required under them, may be sent by replying to your license email or by opening a thread on GitHub Discussions (for non-license, non-account questions only — do not include account details, license keys, or other sensitive information in public threads).