Terms of use

Last updated 13 November 2026.

FMRL LIVE ("FMRL") is a free service made by bytekite.dev that lets you serve a website, files and a live stream from your own browser. By claiming a name, hosting a site or visiting one, you agree to these terms. If you don't agree, don't use FMRL.

Your site is yours, and so is responsibility for it

You keep all rights to what you host. Your content stays in your browser and goes straight to your visitors; FMRL's server never receives it. Because it's served under your name, you are responsible for it, including anything your site's backend does and anything visitors send to it.

What you can't host

• Anything illegal where you are, or that infringes someone else's copyright, trademark or other rights.
• Malware, phishing, or pages that collect passwords or payment details under false pretences.
• Content that sexually exploits or endangers children.
• Harassment, threats, or content that incites violence against people.
• Pages that pretend to be another person, company or organisation.
• Spam, or using FMRL to attack, overload or break into other systems, including FMRL itself.

Names

Names are first come, first served. Don't claim names to resell them, to block others, or to mislead people about who runs a site. A name you haven't used in a long time, or one that infringes someone's rights, may be released.

Suspension and removal

FMRL can suspend a site, delete a registration, or refuse service to anyone, at any time and without notice, especially to stop abuse or to comply with the law. Suspending or deleting a site doesn't touch the files in your browser. You can delete your own site at any time from the studio.

No guarantees

FMRL is an experimental service provided as it is, with no warranty of any kind. It may change, go offline or stop altogether. Your site is only online while your browser tab is open, and your files exist only in your browser: keep your own backups. Features marked experimental, such as the backend, may change or be removed. To the extent the law allows, bytekite.dev is not liable for any loss or damage from using FMRL, including lost data, lost names or downtime.

Reporting abuse

To report a site that breaks these terms, or to make a legal request, email bhromney@protonmail.com with the site's address and what's wrong with it.

Changes

These terms may be updated. The date at the top shows the latest version. Continuing to use FMRL after a change means you accept the new terms.

Privacy

FMRL is built to know as little as possible. This is what it keeps, and what it doesn't.

Site content

Your files, pages, streams and your backend's data stay in your browser and travel directly to visitors over an encrypted WebRTC connection. FMRL's server never sees or stores them.

What the server keeps

• For each site: its name, a hash of its host token (not the token itself), when it was registered and last online, whether it's online, live or suspended, and the first time it went online, had a visitor and streamed.
• A visit log: for page loads and site connections, the time, which page or site, the path, the referring site's domain, the country (from Cloudflare) and a browser family such as "Chrome (mobile)". It doesn't keep IP addresses or full browser details. The newest 10,000 visits are kept, plus daily totals.
• Registration limits: to stop people claiming names in bulk, a one-way hash of your IP address is kept with a count until the end of the day, then deleted.
• Rate limits: IP addresses are used briefly, for about a minute, to limit how often anyone can connect, register or sign in.

What other people can see

• IP addresses: WebRTC connects a visitor's browser directly to the host's, so each side can see the other's IP address, as with most direct connections. When a direct connection isn't possible, traffic goes through an encrypted relay instead.
• The directory lists each site's name and whether it's online or live, unless its host has unlisted it. An unlisted site can still be visited by anyone who knows or guesses its address.
• Hosts see the requests their site serves in their studio, and their site's own code may record anything a visitor sends to it. Each site is run by its host, not by FMRL.

Cookies and storage

FMRL sets no tracking or advertising cookies. The only cookie is the admin sign-in, used by the person who runs FMRL. The studio keeps your files and host token in your browser's storage, and visiting a site installs a small service worker for that site. Until fmrl.live is on the Public Suffix List, one FMRL site can set cookies that other FMRL sites receive, so sites shouldn't use cookies for anything private.

Services FMRL uses

FMRL runs on Cloudflare, which carries its web traffic and relays WebRTC connections that can't go direct, and which processes connection data under its own privacy policy. Feedback you email is kept like any email.

Your choices

Delete your site from the studio to remove its name and records from the directory. Visit records hold no IP addresses, so they can't be tied to you. For questions or requests, email bhromney@protonmail.com.