lectern

terms

last-modified: 2026-05-18

what you’re buying

a lectern pro subscription grants a non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use the lectern macOS app + cli for the period you paid for. the free tier (no subscription) covers reading, casting with a small footer stamp, profile editing, blocks + mutes, bookmarks, per-category notifications, xmtp + farcaster dms, mini apps, and hub-indexed mini-app discovery. pro adds on-device apple intelligence helpers (reply ideas, thread TL;DR, tone tweak), snap maker, follow manager, local cast archive (with hub backfill and markdown/jsonl export), theme customization, unlimited accounts, and the operator console. 10k long casts + profile-banner upload additionally require farcaster pro (hub-gated, separate).

trial

one-time 7-day pro trial per machine. unlocks every pro feature. no card required — there is no card on file. pro is paid on-chain.

pricing + payment

6.9 USDC monthly (30 days) or 79 USDC annual (365 days, saves about $3.80). payable on ethereum, base, optimism, or arbitrum to a published receiver address. the macOS app verifies your payment via blockscout and unlocks pro for the paid period.

cancellation + refunds

there is no recurring billing — each payment unlocks a fixed period. to cancel, simply don't re-pay; access expires at the end of the paid period. refunds for accidental double-pays (e.g., two back-to-back transfers) or other genuine errors by request to @lectern-dev within 14 days of the transaction.

your data, your keys

sovereign-self-custody. custody + recovery + signer keys live in your macOS keychain. we have no copy and cannot recover them. lose access to your machine without a backup → unrecoverable through us. use lectern backup regularly. eip-1559 transactions are signed locally — your private keys never cross a process boundary.

what we don’t do

  • track your usage
  • broker access to your account
  • hold your private keys
  • store your payment data
  • resell or share your email

disclaimer

provided as-is. farcaster is an evolving protocol; on-chain operations cost gas; mistakes (wrong cast, wrong account, wrong channel, irrecoverable key loss) are generally not undoable. read the docs.