Our exit plan

What happens if Percher shuts down

Percher is run by one person. That's honest, and it's also a fair question: what happens to your apps if the lights go off? Here's the answer, written down before you've trusted us with anything. We think an exit plan is part of earning that trust, not an afterthought for the end.

The short version

• At least 30 days notice. If we ever decide to wind down, every account gets an email with the date. No surprise shutdowns.
• Your apps keep running through the grace window. They stay live until 30 days after the wind-down begins, so nothing breaks overnight.
• Full exports the whole time. One click per app gives you a .tar.gz with your source, config, env keys, custom domains, deploy history, a migration guide, and (for PocketBase apps) your data.
• Deletion only after 90 days. Your data is kept exportable for a full 90 days, then permanently deleted by hand, never on a timer.

Why no lock-in is real

"No lock-in" is easy to say and hard to prove. We prove it two ways. First, the export is a plain archive of your own code and data in a portable format — you can redeploy it on any host that runs your app's runtime, with no Percher-specific glue to unpick. Second, the retention window above is written into our Terms of Service (section 15.5) and Privacy Policy (section 6.1). It's a contractual commitment, not a goodwill gesture we can quietly walk back.

The full timeline

If we ever announce a shutdown, this is the sequence. The full, live version — with a countdown and a one-click export for each of your apps — lives on the sunset page.

1. T-30 days
   We announce it

   Email to every account with the date and a per-app export link. New signups close.
2. T-7 / T-1
   Reminders

   Follow-up emails as the date nears, so it never slips past you.
3. T-0
   Read-only mode

   Deploys and edits stop. Apps keep running, exports keep working. Deleting now requires confirming you're giving up the export window.
4. T+30 days
   Apps stop serving

   Live URLs go dark, but your data is preserved and exports still work.
5. T+90 days
   Final deletion

   Everything is permanently deleted, done manually and only after the full window passes.

Nothing to worry about today

Percher is running normally and there's no shutdown planned. This page exists so you know exactly how it would go if that ever changed.