Terms & Privacy

The short version

What To Build is a free site that lists real-world problems and suggested build prompts to inspire your own projects. The ideas are starting points, provided as-is. Use them freely — but do your own homework before you rely on anything here.

Ideas are provided as-is

The problems, descriptions, and build prompts on this site are for inspiration and educational purposes. We make no guarantee that any idea is original, unclaimed, commercially viable, or that building it won't infringe someone else's intellectual property, patents, or rights. Before you build or launch anything, it's your responsibility to do your own research and, where it matters, seek professional advice.

Not professional advice

Some ideas touch on health, legal, financial, or safety topics. Nothing on this site is medical, legal, financial, or other professional advice, and it should not be treated as a substitute for a qualified professional. If you build a tool in these areas, you are responsible for its accuracy and compliance.

Using the site

You may browse the ideas and use the build prompts for your own projects, personal or commercial, at no cost. Please don't scrape, resell, or republish the catalog as your own, attempt to disrupt the service, or use it for anything unlawful. The site's design, copy, and curated collection remain the property of its operator.

No warranty & liability

The site is provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind. To the maximum extent permitted by law, the operator is not liable for any loss or damage arising from your use of the site or from anything you build based on it. You use it at your own risk.

Privacy

We keep this simple because the site collects very little:

• No accounts.You don't sign up, and we don't ask for your name, email, or any personal details to use the site.
• Analytics.We use Vercel Analytics to count page views and which prompts get copied, so we know which ideas are useful. It's privacy-friendly and cookieless, and we don't use it to identify you.
• On your device.A record of which prompts you've copied is stored locally in your browser only — it never leaves your device and we can't see it.

If we later add features that collect personal data (such as an email signup or user submissions), we'll update this page to explain what we collect and why.

Changes

We may update these terms as the site evolves. Material changes will be reflected by the “last updated” date above.

Contact

Questions about these terms or your privacy? Reach out at wtbuild@icloud.com.