Your data & ownership

Beyond the GDPR/DPA specifics, here's what to expect about getting your code and data out.

Exporting your code & data

You can take your code and your data out of Emergent:

Your code: push it to GitHub with Save → Save to GitHub (Standard plan and above), then clone locally; or browse and copy files with the Code button in the top toolbar (all plans).
Your database: export it at any time with
```
mongodump
```
or MongoDB Compass, or as per-collection CSV from the Database Viewer. You may need to allowlist our IPs first (app.emergent.sh/ip-addresses). Full steps: see Database (MongoDB).

Note

Not included in a code export: environment variables and secrets, database contents, and

node_modules

, handle those separately.

Backups & data safety

Emergent keeps previous published versions of your app so you can roll back, and keeps routine back-ups of production data for platform resilience - backups are not a self-serve restore service. For your own safety net, export your own copy at any time using the methods above.

Who owns what you build

You do. Under our Terms of Service (Section 3.4), you retain all ownership rights to your Content - the code, projects, data and files you create through Emergent, including the applications you build. That covers AI-generated code as well: the Terms define Output (the code and other material the agents generate from your prompts) as part of your Content. Emergent owns only the platform itself - the underlying software, infrastructure, models and brand (Section 7.1).

Two practical notes from the Terms:

No uniqueness guarantee: output generated from similar prompts may resemble other users' output (Section 5.7) - your ownership of your app doesn't prevent someone else's similar prompt producing similar code.
Subject to licenses: your ownership sits alongside the operational licenses you grant Emergent in the Terms so the platform can host, build and serve your app.

Your data & ownership